In the summer of 1993, a group of men kidnapped and killed a man in East Alabama. Gregory Huguley owed the men $200 for cocaine.
They kidnapped him at gunpoint in Anniston, drove him to Munford, taped him to a park bench, doused him with gasoline and set him on fire. His body was found the next day.
More than 30 years later, one of the killers, Anthony Todd Boyd, is set to be put to death by the State. Boyd was sentenced to death in 1995. He has been in Holman prison awaiting his fate. According to prison records, Boyd has a tattoo that reads, "death before dishonor."
Boyd will be put to death through nitrogen hypoxia in October. Gov. Kay Ivey set the death window from 12 a.m. on October 23 to 6 a.m. on October 24.
The case garnered attention in 2017 when he argued that lethal injection would violate his civil rights. He wanted to be put to death by hanging or firing squad. However, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected his claim.
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