Only three inmates in the U.S. have been executed by firing squad since 1976, with the last execution in 2010.
The state has never used that method to execute a prisoner. The last time an inmate was killed by a firing squad was in 2010 ...
A South Carolina death row inmate has chosen to be executed by a firing squad next month rather than by lethal injection or ...
Brad Sigmon, 67, was sentenced to death in 2002 for fatally beating his ex-girlfriend's parents while trying to kidnap the ...
Brad Keith Sigmon is set to be executed by firing squad on March 7 for the 2001 beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents, David and Gladys Larke.
A convicted murderer in South Carolina has chosen to die next month by a firing squad, a method of execution that has not been used in the U.S. in 15 years.
In 2024, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that firing squad was a constitutional method of carrying out executions.
A death row inmate in South Carolina has chosen to die by firing squad. The convicted killer is scheduled to be executed on ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad. He would be the first U.S. inmate shot to death in an execution in 15 years.