An Alabama death row inmate was executed by nitrogen gas, a method the state began using last year, in relation to his 1993 conviction for his alleged role in the killing of a man over a $200 drug debt on Thursday (October 23), the Associated Press reports.

Anthony Boyd , 54, was pronounced dead at William C. Holman Correctional Facility at 6:33 p.m. local time. Boyd was sentenced to death in relation to the murder of Gregory Huguley in Talladega County, with prosecutors claiming Huguley was set on fire after failing to pay for $200 worth of cocaine.

Boyd maintained his innocence, stating, “I didn’t kill anybody. I didn’t participate in killing anybody,” in his final words prior to his death.

“There can be no justice until we change this system,” he added, intending to express

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