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 ...
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.
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.
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 ...
Brad Sigmon made the choice after the state Supreme Court denied a stay request based on questions about the effectiveness of lethal injection ...
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.
A South Carolina death row inmate has chosen to be executed by a firing squad next month rather than by lethal injection or ...
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. Sigmon is ...