Killer executed with controversial nitrogen gas uses final words to call for change to justice system - Anthony Boyd, 54, was sentenced to death for his role in killing Gregory Huguley in Talladega Co

The United States executed two death row inmates on Thursday evening -- one in Alabama and the other in Texas -- during a year that has seen an uptick in inmates being put to death.

Texas and Alabama have executed death row inmates within minutes of each other, one for killing a 13-month-old baby during an "exorcism" and the other for shooting a mother of two in the head during a gas station robbery. Texas executed Blaine Milam, 35 ...