Alabama death row inmate insists innocence, urges governor to meet him before nitrogen-gas execution

An Alabama death row inmate who insists he is an innocent man questioned Republican Gov Kay Ivey to meet with him before the state puts him to death later this week Anthony Boyd is scheduled to be executed on Thursday evening by nitrogen gas at the William C Holman Correctional Facility for capital murder in the burning death of Gregory Huguley Boyd who has maintained his innocence made the request to meet with the governor in a recorded message played during a news conference hosted by the Execution Intervention Project and his spiritual adviser Rev Jeff Hood Before an innocent man is executed come sit down with me and have a conversation with the guy you deemed one of the worst of the worst Boyd revealed ALABAMA INMATE'S EXECUTION STAYED TO DETERMINE IF HE IS COMPETENT ENOUGH TO BE PUT TO DEATHHowever Boyd stated if Ivey believes he is being deceptive or evasive during their meeting then please carry out the sentence If not then I ask you to stay this execution to stop this execution to have my matter fully and fairly investigated Boyd announced A spokesman for Ivey Mike Lewis reported the governor personally reviews each circumstance in which an execution has been scheduled At this point however we have not seen any latest court filings disputing Mr Boyd s guilt in the horrific burning-alive murder of Gregory Huguley Nor have we received a clemency submission to such an effect Lewis revealed in a declaration to The Associated Press Lewis noted that the governor's review of execution cases does not include one-on-one meetings with inmates describing Boyd's abnormal request as especially unworkable EXECUTION SET FOR TWISTED KILLER WHO TAUNTED POLICE WITH MESSAGE IN VICTIM'S BLOOD 'CATCH ME IF U CAN'Ivey has only stopped one execution since she took office in Huguley s body was unveiled burned on Aug in a rural Talladega County ball field Prosecutors reported Boyd was one of four men who kidnapped Huguley the previous day A witness for the prosecution testified at the trial as part of a plea agreement saying that Boyd taped Huguley s feet together before another man poured gasoline on him and lit him on fire Prosecutors commented Huguley was burned alive over a drug debt Though Boyd s attorneys contended that he was attending a party when the crime was carried out a jury voted - to convict him of capital murder during a kidnapping They recommended that he be sentenced to death Boyd is set to die by nitrogen gas a controversial method Alabama began using last year when convicted killer Kenneth Smith was executed in January Attorneys for Boyd have called on the federal courts to block the execution to scrutinize the new method a request a federal judge denied On Monday the th U S Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a request by Boyd s attorneys to stay the execution CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPShawn Ingram the man accused of pouring gasoline on Huguley and setting him on fire was also convicted of capital murder and remains on death row in Alabama The Associated Press contributed to this assessment