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 ...

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 ...

Brad Sigmon made the choice after the state Supreme Court denied a stay request based on questions about the effectiveness of ...

A South Carolina death row inmate has chosen to die by firing squad, a controversial and rarely used execution method that’s legal but is viewed as an inhumane form of justice by many Americans. Brad ...

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.

Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad, a method of execution that has not been used in the US in 15 years. Sigmon is scheduled to die on March 7.

A South Carolina death row inmate has chosen to be executed by a firing squad next month rather than by lethal injection or ...

Columbia, South Carolina (AP) — Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad, a method of execution that has not been used in the US in 15 years.

but no South Carolina governor has granted clemency in the 49 years since the death penalty resumed. The state Legislature approved the firing squad after prison officials had difficulty obtaining ...