South Carolina plans to execute its first prisoner by firing squad on March 7 inside the same death chamber it's used for ...

Brad Sigmon, 67, personally requested the unusual punishment after fearing the electric chair would “burn and cook him alive, ...

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.