Brad Sigmon, convicted in a double murder in 2002, opted to die by a method that is rarely used. Utah carried out the last ...

A man convicted of a double murder is scheduled to be executed in South Carolina Friday night by firing squad - a method that ...

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

by the South Carolina Department of Corrections on Friday is only the fourth firing squad execution in the US since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976, according to the Death Penalty ...

If Sigmon's execution moves forward, he will become the first inmate in South Carolina executed by firing squad in modern history and the fourth in the U.S. since 1977.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The first execution by firing squad in the U.S. in 15 years is set to happen. Brad Sigmon was sentenced for ...

A convicted double murderer in South Carolina became the first American death row inmate to die by firing squad in 15 years — ...

The last time such an execution took place was 15 years ago, in Utah. The South Carolina inmate chose the method because of his concerns about lethal injection, his lawyer said. By Eduardo Medina ...

Brad Sigmon, 67, chose firing squad over the two other state ... opinion away from the death penalty.” South Carolina has 28 other inmates on death row, according to state records.

A prisoner on South Carolina’s death row is scheduled this week to die by firing squad, the state’s first-ever use of that execution method. Brad Keith Sigmon, convicted of double murder ...