Read up on the case. He was convicted based on testimony by a co-conspirator who was released in 2009. He was also the only one of four to get the death penalty DESPITE also being the only one of four who had a confirmed alibi. How does that make any sense?
This is absolutely grotesque and we should do everything in our power to stop this madness. Thank you, dear Lee, for being the one who accepts this assignment every time. Please take care of your self.
No burning a man alive over a stupid $200 drug deal debt is absolutely a lot more grotesque. Why should he get off any easier than the horrific murder he committed? What we do is legal. He committed murder of another man for such a small thing. Smh
Mr. BOYD did not do anything different when he killed that man,Than the US government does when it supports the Rich to the point where it's willing to starve people with these rising costs by eliminating or substantially cutting Food stamp support.
The ones who commit it is inhumane, think about the ones they kill! I pretty sure it was inhumane!! The monsters need to be put in front of the courthouse so everyone can ride by and see the execution and put it on the news! Maybe it would be in people’s mind this is really what happens you break the law!
So your solution to inhumanity is…inhumanity? I understand the impulse. Rage, revenge, violence - we all have these impulses, but they are animalistic. What separates humans from “monsters” is the ability to consider implications and whether or not torturing other human beings is just. I’m not saying I’m against the death penalty. I think in some cases it’s warranted. What I am saying is that torturing people to death as a method is inhumane.
Read up on the case. He was convicted based on testimony by a co-conspirator who was released in 2009. He was also the only one of four to get the death penalty, DESPITE also being the only one of four who had a confirmed alibi. How does that make any sense? Not to mention the death penalty has proven to not be a deterrent to murder.
What a loss — both in the life of Ant, a bright light and organizer of those the state would have swept under the rug, and in the wound to our shared humanity. Wishing comfort, love, and support to Ant’s comrades, family and friends, the brave Rev. Hood, and to you Lee. It’s on the rest of us to carry Hope’s dream forward.
Read up on the case. He was convicted based on testimony by a co-conspirator who was released in 2009. He was also the only one of four to get the death penalty, DESPITE also being the only one of four who had a confirmed alibi. How does that make any sense?
That why we have heaven and hell , NO one who kills and that includes these Barbaric idiots, will escape Burning in HELL !!!! Have mercy for IDIOTS!!!!
I simply could not imagine that we allow this! But after watching the Alabama Solution last night I realize the solution is to clean house of these so called leaders we have within this state. After seeing the pictures of the man Steven whom was killed from the trauma he sustained to his head from the corrections officers. It was sick. And his mom held a picture infront of a group of politicians and they were emotionless. The insanity these people endure is not in any form “corrections” ! There’s no way you come out of that better or corrected. If you come out at all. But knowing the man that died tonight was sentenced to death based on a plea deal given to another man is unacceptable. One man saved his own butt to condemn another to death. And who knows what they threatened the one that took the plea with. It’s clear that this state is full of cruel, sick, sad people. My grandparents were both murdered in the 80s so I well understand the pain of the victims. But what about the pain of the innocent that are wrongly convicted. I would have to see concrete dna evidence and even then would question that. Ultimately, I would rather continue never knowing who killed them than to think another mans life whom was innocent was wrongly taken. Because God knows. It’s not something I worry about because I would never want to live with the “what if” when I have a savior that knows and “he will” serve justice! I just wonder if these leaders understand that justice may not be served to them in this life but they will not escape having to one day stand before our Heavenly Father and give an account of their actions. They should have greater respect of humans and for their positions of power. Because those positions today will mean nothing in the end.
Boyd could have chosen lethal injection method instead of the nitrogen method. It was his choice. Yes he suffered about as long as the man he and his friends duct taped to a bench, poured gasoline on and then lit on fire until he burned to death. I live in Alabama and the facts are clear. He at least lived many years longer than the man he tortured to death.
He actually wanted the firing squad, but that was denied. In 2018 he wanted suffocation, but then changed his mind. The facts are also not clear. He was convicted based on testimony by a co-conspirator who was released in 2009. He was also the only one of four to get the death penalty, DESPITE also being the only one of four who had a confirmed alibi. How is that "clear"?
Because the other three admitted their part in the crime..he never did..that's how it is clear. The victim didn't choose the way he died, why should the defendant? It doesn't really matter now. It's over and done with.
If you have been sentenced to death, then you should die in the same manner as your victim/victims!! Boyd should have been burned to death just like his victim!
I've always been a supporter of the DP, but after reading this story of Boyd's execution, I can no longer say that I support it. NO EXECUTION METHOD SHOULD EVER TAKE THAT LONG!! America is supposed to be a CIVILIZED COUNTRY, there was nothing at all civilized in this NIGHTMARISH TORTURE the state of Alabama calls a TEXT BOOK EXECUTION! And in the end, what has it really accomplished, except even more torture for all who had witnessed it being carried out...
I used to be for the death penalty until I started watching a lot of true crime and following the Innocence Project. Far FAR too many innocent people are put to death. It's absolutely abhorrent.
No sympathy. I wish every State in the U.S. would have the death PENALTY. Let me understand this...Boyd, at 21, involved in the drug trade, Strike one, attacked a single man with three other men, Strike two, and then set a living human being on fire over a $200 drug debt. STRIKE 3.
Where is the outcry for the victim? An addicted man by Boyd's drugs gets set on fire. Gruesome and unbearable torture.
HOW DO YOU KNOW HE COMMITTED THE CRIME, AND GOD FORBID (MAYBE NOT) IF YOU HAVE A CHILD GRANDCHILD, loved ONE ETC COMMITS A CRIME ALLEGEDLY AND THAT HOW THEY HAVE TO "PAY THE PIPER". WE MUST WATCH WHAT WE SAY BECAUSE HATE RICOCHET AND BOOMERANG
I don't think it's that people are feeling sorry for the one's convicted of such horrible crimes, but we as a CIVILIZED COUNTRY expect more of ourselves in the form of BEING CIVILIZED PEOPLE. There was and is much more CIVILIZED METHODS OF EXECUTION without our country being just as EVIL AND UNCIVILIZED as those being executed...
The victims also deserve to have the correct people pay for theor crimes. There are WAY too many falsely convicted, and the number of executions of innocent people is far too high. Boyd was convicted based on testimony by a co-conspirator who was released in 2009. He was also the only one of four to get the death penalty, DESPITE also being the only one of four who had a confirmed alibi. How does that make any sense?
Read up on the case. He was convicted based on testimony by a co-conspirator who was released in 2009. He was also the only one of four to get the death penalty, DESPITE also being the only one of four who had a confirmed alibi. How does that make any sense?
This is inhumane torture. I have no words except to wonder why we as Alabamians accept such barbarity.
No what's inhumane is burning a man alive over a $200 dollar drug debt. Smh His death was a lot more humane than the guy he burned alive
Read up on the case. He was convicted based on testimony by a co-conspirator who was released in 2009. He was also the only one of four to get the death penalty DESPITE also being the only one of four who had a confirmed alibi. How does that make any sense?
This is absolutely grotesque and we should do everything in our power to stop this madness. Thank you, dear Lee, for being the one who accepts this assignment every time. Please take care of your self.
Burning someone alive over $200 is even more grotesque
Thank you! These people kill me! He committed a horrific murder but he should get a pleasant execution. Smh
Thank you!!!! These people kill me no pun intended. What about the poor man that was murdered in such a horrific manner.
No burning a man alive over a stupid $200 drug deal debt is absolutely a lot more grotesque. Why should he get off any easier than the horrific murder he committed? What we do is legal. He committed murder of another man for such a small thing. Smh
The whole time reading this I felt like I couldn’t breathe. It’s visceral how cruel and depraved it is. I don’t understand.
Imagine how the person he burned alive over $200 felt!
Mr. BOYD did not do anything different when he killed that man,Than the US government does when it supports the Rich to the point where it's willing to starve people with these rising costs by eliminating or substantially cutting Food stamp support.
I think there’s something deeply wrong with you if you’re advocating for literal torture.
The ones who commit it is inhumane, think about the ones they kill! I pretty sure it was inhumane!! The monsters need to be put in front of the courthouse so everyone can ride by and see the execution and put it on the news! Maybe it would be in people’s mind this is really what happens you break the law!
So your solution to inhumanity is…inhumanity? I understand the impulse. Rage, revenge, violence - we all have these impulses, but they are animalistic. What separates humans from “monsters” is the ability to consider implications and whether or not torturing other human beings is just. I’m not saying I’m against the death penalty. I think in some cases it’s warranted. What I am saying is that torturing people to death as a method is inhumane.
Read up on the case. He was convicted based on testimony by a co-conspirator who was released in 2009. He was also the only one of four to get the death penalty, DESPITE also being the only one of four who had a confirmed alibi. How does that make any sense? Not to mention the death penalty has proven to not be a deterrent to murder.
What a loss — both in the life of Ant, a bright light and organizer of those the state would have swept under the rug, and in the wound to our shared humanity. Wishing comfort, love, and support to Ant’s comrades, family and friends, the brave Rev. Hood, and to you Lee. It’s on the rest of us to carry Hope’s dream forward.
Those justices should be forced to watch every single one. They're beyond corrupt.
Did you know? A few current Supreme Court justices were involved in the 2000 Bush v. Gore election dispute:
Amy Coney Barrett – Legal advisor to Bush’s campaign during the Florida recount.
Brett Kavanaugh – Also advised Bush’s campaign on the recount.
John Roberts – Helped with legal efforts supporting Bush before becoming Chief Justice.
Clarence Thomas – On the Court and voted with the majority to halt the Florida recount, effectively giving Bush the presidency.
And what does any of that BS have to do with this UNCIVILIZED EXECUTION!?
Got what he deserved, and too bad it wasnt a painful execution, let this serve as an example to future murderers.
How do you know he committed that crime? And it does not serve as an example and that has been proven. THE DEATH PENALTY IS NOT A DETERRENT FOR CRIME
Read up on the case. He was convicted based on testimony by a co-conspirator who was released in 2009. He was also the only one of four to get the death penalty, DESPITE also being the only one of four who had a confirmed alibi. How does that make any sense?
No doubt!
That why we have heaven and hell , NO one who kills and that includes these Barbaric idiots, will escape Burning in HELL !!!! Have mercy for IDIOTS!!!!
I simply could not imagine that we allow this! But after watching the Alabama Solution last night I realize the solution is to clean house of these so called leaders we have within this state. After seeing the pictures of the man Steven whom was killed from the trauma he sustained to his head from the corrections officers. It was sick. And his mom held a picture infront of a group of politicians and they were emotionless. The insanity these people endure is not in any form “corrections” ! There’s no way you come out of that better or corrected. If you come out at all. But knowing the man that died tonight was sentenced to death based on a plea deal given to another man is unacceptable. One man saved his own butt to condemn another to death. And who knows what they threatened the one that took the plea with. It’s clear that this state is full of cruel, sick, sad people. My grandparents were both murdered in the 80s so I well understand the pain of the victims. But what about the pain of the innocent that are wrongly convicted. I would have to see concrete dna evidence and even then would question that. Ultimately, I would rather continue never knowing who killed them than to think another mans life whom was innocent was wrongly taken. Because God knows. It’s not something I worry about because I would never want to live with the “what if” when I have a savior that knows and “he will” serve justice! I just wonder if these leaders understand that justice may not be served to them in this life but they will not escape having to one day stand before our Heavenly Father and give an account of their actions. They should have greater respect of humans and for their positions of power. Because those positions today will mean nothing in the end.
RIP Anthony Boyd🙏🏾
Suffocation as a form of “textbook execution” should be a violation of the eighth amendment.
Boyd could have chosen lethal injection method instead of the nitrogen method. It was his choice. Yes he suffered about as long as the man he and his friends duct taped to a bench, poured gasoline on and then lit on fire until he burned to death. I live in Alabama and the facts are clear. He at least lived many years longer than the man he tortured to death.
He actually wanted the firing squad, but that was denied. In 2018 he wanted suffocation, but then changed his mind. The facts are also not clear. He was convicted based on testimony by a co-conspirator who was released in 2009. He was also the only one of four to get the death penalty, DESPITE also being the only one of four who had a confirmed alibi. How is that "clear"?
Because the other three admitted their part in the crime..he never did..that's how it is clear. The victim didn't choose the way he died, why should the defendant? It doesn't really matter now. It's over and done with.
If you have been sentenced to death, then you should die in the same manner as your victim/victims!! Boyd should have been burned to death just like his victim!
HOW DO YOU KNOW HE COMMITTED SAID CRIME?
I've always been a supporter of the DP, but after reading this story of Boyd's execution, I can no longer say that I support it. NO EXECUTION METHOD SHOULD EVER TAKE THAT LONG!! America is supposed to be a CIVILIZED COUNTRY, there was nothing at all civilized in this NIGHTMARISH TORTURE the state of Alabama calls a TEXT BOOK EXECUTION! And in the end, what has it really accomplished, except even more torture for all who had witnessed it being carried out...
I used to be for the death penalty until I started watching a lot of true crime and following the Innocence Project. Far FAR too many innocent people are put to death. It's absolutely abhorrent.
No sympathy. I wish every State in the U.S. would have the death PENALTY. Let me understand this...Boyd, at 21, involved in the drug trade, Strike one, attacked a single man with three other men, Strike two, and then set a living human being on fire over a $200 drug debt. STRIKE 3.
Where is the outcry for the victim? An addicted man by Boyd's drugs gets set on fire. Gruesome and unbearable torture.
GO ALABAMA.
The death penalty has been proven to not deter crime, so how is state sanctioned murder ok?
HOW DO YOU KNOW HE COMMITTED THE CRIME, AND GOD FORBID (MAYBE NOT) IF YOU HAVE A CHILD GRANDCHILD, loved ONE ETC COMMITS A CRIME ALLEGEDLY AND THAT HOW THEY HAVE TO "PAY THE PIPER". WE MUST WATCH WHAT WE SAY BECAUSE HATE RICOCHET AND BOOMERANG
This is horrible!
Because, just maybe, we should strive to be better than that.
Why do people feel sorry for the ones that murdered and tortured others? Remember the victims deserve justice
I don't think it's that people are feeling sorry for the one's convicted of such horrible crimes, but we as a CIVILIZED COUNTRY expect more of ourselves in the form of BEING CIVILIZED PEOPLE. There was and is much more CIVILIZED METHODS OF EXECUTION without our country being just as EVIL AND UNCIVILIZED as those being executed...
The victims also deserve to have the correct people pay for theor crimes. There are WAY too many falsely convicted, and the number of executions of innocent people is far too high. Boyd was convicted based on testimony by a co-conspirator who was released in 2009. He was also the only one of four to get the death penalty, DESPITE also being the only one of four who had a confirmed alibi. How does that make any sense?
What about the person he killed? Did he kill them humanely?
Lee, how do you know he killed them for certain?
He was tried , convicted and Noone spoke to the contrary that he helped burn another man alive because he owed him money.
Read up on the case. He was convicted based on testimony by a co-conspirator who was released in 2009. He was also the only one of four to get the death penalty, DESPITE also being the only one of four who had a confirmed alibi. How does that make any sense?