MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama death row inmate set to die this week asked the state’s governor to meet with him “before an innocent man is executed.”

Anthony Boyd, 53, is scheduled to be executed Thursday evening by nitrogen gas at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility. A jury convicted Boyd of capital murder for the 1993 burning death of Gregory Huguley in Talladega County. Prosecutors said Huguley was burned alive over a $200 drug debt.

Boyd, who has maintained he did not commit the crime, made the request to meet with Gov. Kay Ivey, during a news conference hosted by the Execution Intervention Project and his spiritual adviser the 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 t

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