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 ...

Brad Sigmon, 67, convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2001, is scheduled to be executed on March 7.

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.

As South Carolina plans to carry our the first firing squad execution in 15 years in the United States, Professor Deborah ...

Only three people have been executed by firing squad in the U.S. since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.

Three volunteer South Carolina prison employees will be the firing squad used to execute condemned killer Brad Sigmon on ...

South Carolina has executed 46 inmates since the death penalty was resumed in the U.S. in 1976. In the early 2000s, the state was carrying out an average of three executions per year. Only nine ...

South Carolina will execute its fourth inmate since September, when the state reinstated the death penalty after a 13-year pause. Three states have scheduled executions in March, including one ...

South Carolina has put 45 inmates to death since the death penalty was restarted in the U.S. in 1976. In the early 2000s, it was carrying out an average of three executions a year. Nine states ...