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South Carolina kills death-row prisoner in state's first firing squad execution

Brad Sigmon, convicted in a double murder in 2002, opted to die by a method that is rarely used. Utah carried out the last firing squad execution in 2010.

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South Carolina Executes Inmate by Firing Squad

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.

The Washington Post · 5d

Violent and sudden. What a firing squad execution looked like through my eyes

An Associated Press journalist has served as a media eyewitness to the execution of Brad Sigmon by firing squad Friday in South Carolina

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After a rare execution by firing squad, a fresh call to abolish the death penalty | Editorial

Maintaining a system that risks killing the innocent along with the guilty is itself a crime — and one that underscores the need to do away with capital punishment.

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South Carolina carries out first firing squad execution in US in 15 years

South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing squad on Friday, the first use of the method in the United States in ...

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Man Who Was Executed by Firing Squad for the First Time in the U.S. Since 2010 Shared a Passionate Plea as His Final Words

Brad Sigmon was executed by firing squad on Friday, March 7, the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) confirmed in ...

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