The US is killing someone by firing squad for the 1st time in 15 years. Here’s a look at the history
Firing squads have a long and storied history in the U.S. They've served as a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way ...
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I proposed South Carolina use firing squad executions. Here’s what I think now. | Opinion
Former state Sen. Dick Harpootlian suggested the idea of letting death row inmates choose to die by firing squad in 2021. With the first prisoner set to be executed by one, he shares his thinking now.
South Carolina Shares Plans for Rare Execution by Firing Squad
Brad Sigmon, 67, convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2001, is scheduled to be executed on March 7.
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South Carolina to execute man by firing squad, nation’s first in 15 years
Only three people have been executed by firing squad in the U.S. since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.
Condemned South Carolina killer to die by firing squad; here’s how it will unfold
Some 46 prisoners have been executed by lethal injection and electrocution in South Carolina since 1985. Brad Sigmon’s ...
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." ...
Execution looms: Brad Sigmon is 'going to pay for what he's done,' victims' grandson says
The children and grandchildren of David and Gladys Larke will be in Columbia to witness the execution of the man who beat the ...
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South Carolina Death Row Prisoner Seeks Stay of Execution, Citing Botched Lethal Injections
Sigmon argues that recent executions, including the January 31 execution of Marion Bowman, reveal that South Carolina’s ...
South Carolina man set to face a firing squad seeks postponement
A South Carolina man who is scheduled to die next week by firing squad is again asking that his execution be postponed and ...
Greenville man condemned to death raises questions about lethal injection, requests stay
Brad Sigmon’s attorneys filed a motion on Wednesday after an autopsy report showed the last inmate's execution took more than ...
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Man on death row who chose gruelling execution method that hasn’t been used in 15 years makes last minute plea
South Carolina man Brad Sigmon is currently scheduled to be executed by firing squad on March 7, but he's now asked for his ...
Death row inmate terrified of electric chair and lethal injection chooses how he'll die
A death row inmate who is terrified of the electric chair and being "tortured by lethal injection" has been granted the ...