MONTGOMERY, Ala. ( WSFA ) - A group of people gathered on the steps of the Alabama Capitol Wednesday to make a final appeal to Gov. Kay Ivey to prevent a man’s scheduled execution.

The protest, organized by the Execution Intervention Project, gathered on the Capitol steps to protest - and ultimately attempt to stop - the execution of death row inmate Anthony Boyd.

Boyd, 53, is one of four men convicted in the 1993 killing of Gregory Huguley in Talladega. Huguley was burned to death after failing to pay for $200 worth of drugs.

Boyd maintains that he is innocent.

“I can’t believe that this is happening,” said Esther Brown, executive director of Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty. “I’m sorry. But Governor Ivey said, all life is sacred. So, is it? And then the attorney general sa

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