An Alabama death row inmate scheduled to be executed this week is pleading with Gov. Kay Ivey to meet with him in person before his death, insisting that he is innocent and has never received a fair hearing in court.

Anthony Boyd had his plea recorded on Monday night from a prison phone call. During a press conference Tuesday morning, hosted by the nonprofit Execution Intervention Project, his spiritual advisor, Dr. Rev. Jeff Hood, shared his message.

“Hello, Governor Ivey, this is Anthony Boyd. I’m asking, extending, offering, giving you an invitation to please come sit down and talk to me before this execution is carried out. Come sit down with me and have a conversation with the guy that you deemed one of the worst of the worst. Know the guy that’s innocent on Alabama’s death row,” sa

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