The only witness to testify about Huguley’s death was Boyd’s co-defendant, Quintay Cox. Cox had tried to back out of the plea deal but changed his mind under threat of the electric chair. On the stand, Cox admitted to changing his story once he got the deal.

(pt. 2) "Please come sit down with me, talk to me, so you at least will know one person who has been executed with this method. And then I ask you: would you want somebody that you love and care about to be executed with this method?

Anthony Boyd recorded a message to Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, asking her to meet with him ahead of his execution with nitrogen gas on Thursday. "Before an innocent man is executed come sit down with me and have a conversation with the guy that you deem one of the worst of the worst."

Canadian bars are making it a point to show that they’ve stopped buying bourbon bc of tariffs

South Carolina has scheduled another firing squad execution. The state is planning to execute Mikal Mahdi on April 11.

According to his attorney,"Mikal chose the firing squad instead of being burned and mutilated in the electric chair, or suffering a lingering death on the lethal injection gurney"

Louisiana has executed Jessie Hoffman with nitrogen gas, becoming the second state to use the experimental method. Still awaiting details but state officials said the gas flowed for 19 minutes.

Hoffman's lawyer released a statement saying "his execution will cause lasting harm to many."

dog or donut?

After not executing anyone since 2010, Louisiana appears to be attempting to execute three men in three consecutive days next month. Just yesterday, Landry announced that the state had finalized its protocol to execute prisoners with nitrogen gas.

CoreCivic, the private prison company, ended 2024 with "strong financial performance," acc to a press release. It says CC is expected to make even more $$ this year.

"As the new administration modifies immigration policy and enacts new legislation, we expect the demand for our services to grow."

Feels like a good time to post this grainy photo I took of Kendrick Lamar at the 2011 XXL Freshmen concert. Good times!

Starting in December, they asked Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, to demand that Frazier be returned to Alabama but Michigan officials this week said they have no intention of doing so and will allow the execution to move forward.

Frazier spent 15 years under Michigan's custody after he was sentenced to death in Alabama. It was only in 2011 that then-Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder sent him to Alabama. His lawyers say that was unlawful, however, and Frazier is still technically a Michigan prisoner with a life sentence.

Assistant AG Richard Anderson said Miller made "slight movements and twitches," and those only happened when he stopped breathing. Anderson just won a spot on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals and will assume office in January.

From ADOC Commissioner John Hamm: