South Carolina prepares for first firing squad execution, ushering return of rare method
Brad Sigmon, 67, has opted not to die by electrocution or lethal injection in his planned March 7 execution. The last firing squad execution was carried out by Utah in 2010.
South Carolina's first firing squad execution will involve a target, volunteer shooters and special bullets
Not much is known about the people who will fire the rifles. Prison officials said they have "completed all required training."
South Carolina Death Row Inmate Chooses to Be Executed by a Firing Squad
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 in Utah.
South Carolina inmate chooses firing squad for execution, 1st in US in 15 years
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.
South Carolina man set to face a firing squad seeks postponement, questioning execution procedures
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man who is scheduled to die next week by firing squad is again asking that his execution be postponed and prison officials release more information about the state’s lethal injection drug and procedures.
How South Carolina's execution of a condemned killer by firing squad will unfold
Three volunteer South Carolina prison employees will be the firing squad used to execute condemned killer Brad Sigmon on Friday
How South Carolina’s firing squad execution of baseball bat killer Brad Sigmon will unfold
It will be three people holding rifles about 15 feet (4.6 meters) away who will complete his punishment in what will be the United States’ first firing squad execution in 15 years
Baseball bat Death Row killer 'forced' to choose execution by horror firing squad
Brad Sigmon’s upcoming execution by firing squad is raising ethical questions after the 67-year-old convict pleaded for a postponement of the grim method set for Friday (March 7)
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South Carolina death row inmate chooses execution method that hasn’t been used in 15 years
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 scheduled to ...
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Condemned South Carolina killer chooses firing squad execution in what would be first use of that method in US 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 ...
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South Carolina killer chooses death by firing squad, marking first shooting execution in 15 years
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 scheduled to ...
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South Carolina death row inmate chooses firing squad as execution method
A South Carolina death row inmate has chosen to be executed by a firing squad, which would make him only the fourth inmate in the U.S. to die by this execution method. Brad Sigmon, 67, who ...