Alabama Executes Man Convicted of Burning Victim Alive Using Controversial Nitrogen Gas Method
Anthony Todd Boyd had been convicted of the 1993 murder of a man lit on fire over a drug debt.

Anthony Todd Boyd was executed by nitrogen hypoxia at a prison in Atmore, Ala., on Thursday, Oct. 23, the Alabama Attorney General's Office said.
Boyd had been convicted of the 1993 murder of Gregory Huguley. Authorities said Boyd and other co-defendants kidnapped Huguley over a $200 cocaine debt.