US killing someone by firing squad for 1st time in 15 years. Here's a look at the history
It was a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way to discourage desertion during the Civil War and a dose of frontier ...
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'Barbaric and archaic' firing squads 'a hold over from the Wild West' as inmate to be executed
On Friday the US is set to carry out the first death by firing squad in 15 years after parent killer Brad Sigmon opted to die ...
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.
Execution dates set for four Tennessee death row inmates after years of delays
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The state of Tennessee has filed orders to reset execution dates for death row inmates Byron Black, Oscar Smith, Harold Nichols, and Donald Middlebrooks. The last execution ...
United States’ first firing squad execution in 15 years to be carried out in SC
As South Carolina plans to carry our the first firing squad execution in 15 years in the United States, Professor Deborah Denno of the Fordham School of Law talks about the history of the unusual ...