Overview

• Gov. Kay Ivey scheduled the execution window and said she does not plan to grant clemency.
• Boyd, 53, was convicted of the 1993 kidnapping and burning death of Gregory Huguley near Anniston and has been on death row since 1995.
• He elected nitrogen in 2018 but now argues his asthma and the state's heavily redacted procedures make the method unconstitutionally cruel.
• In filings, he proposed firing squad, hanging, or medical aid-in-dying as alternatives, while state attorneys sought dismissal and noted he long ago chose the method.
• Alabama has used nitrogen in five executions and plans another in September, with officials saying it causes rapid unconsciousness as Boyd's filings cite witness reports of gasping and convulsions.