Friday's execution was the first by firing squad in modern South Carolina history and only the fourth in the U.S. since 1977.

The last time such an execution took place was 15 years ago, in Utah. The South Carolina inmate chose the method because of ...

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

A convicted double murderer has been executed by firing squad, the first such execution in the United States since 2010, ...

A South Carolina convict who brutally killed his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat in 2001 is scheduled to be ...

Brad Sigmon, who admitted to killing his ex-girlfriend's parents, said he chose to die by bullets because he considered the ...

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 South Carolina man convicted of murder is scheduled to be executed by firing squad Friday night. Brad Sigmon beat to death ...

Columbia, S.C. • The state of South Carolina executed a prisoner Friday evening with a firing squad, an extremely rare method ...

South Carolina added firing squad as an execution option in 2021. Sigmon opted to be shot because it seemed the best choice, ...

Brad Sigmon, sentenced to death for a 2001 double murder, has chosen death by firing squad, making him the first person to be ...

A South Carolina prison inmate convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat will be the first person ...