The newspaper reported that Gardner was strapped down and a hood placed over his head. The five shooters out of view of the ...

I’m like, if we could just round up the scum of this Earth and put them on an island or just kill them all, I could shipshape ...

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 ...

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

South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die by firing squad March 7, a first for the state after he raised doubts ...

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

During the Civil War, both sides used firing squads to kill deserting soldiers. Today, people on death row can choose to die ...

Brad Sigmon, 67, has opted not to die by electrocution or lethal injection in his planned March 7 execution. The last firing ...

Opinion editor Matthew T. Hall explores the history of firing squads in the U.S. ahead of South Carolina’s planned execution ...

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 ...