An Alabama death row inmate set to die Thursday asked the state's governor to meet with him "before an innocent man is executed."

Anthony Boyd , 53, is scheduled to be executed Thursday evening by nitrogen gas at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility. A jury convicted Boyd of capital murder for the 1993 burning death of Gregory Huguley in Talladega County. Prosecutors said Huguley was burned alive over a $200 drug debt.

Boyd, who has maintained he did not commit the crime, made the request to meet with Gov. Kay Ivey, during a news conference hosted by the Execution Intervention Project and his spiritual adviser the Rev. Jeff Hood.

"Before an innocent man is executed, come sit down with me and have a conversation with the guy you deemed one of the worst of the worst," Boyd said i

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