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Alabama executed Anthony Todd Boyd by nitrogen gas for a 1993 kidnapping and murder.

Boyd maintained his innocence in his final words, claiming the process was political revenge.

The U.S. Supreme Court denied a last-minute appeal, with three justices dissenting.

This was Alabama's seventh execution using the controversial nitrogen hypoxia method.

ATMORE — The State of Alabama carried out its fifth execution of 2025 Thursday evening, putting Anthony Todd Boyd to death by nitrogen gas hypoxia for the kidnapping and killing of a man that ended in flames over 30 years ago in Talladega county.

The execution method has been controversial since its first use by the State of Alabama in January 2024. As of Boyd's execution, Alabama has now executed seven prisoners via nitr

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