Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad, a method of execution that has not been used in the U.S. in 15 years. Sigmon is scheduled to die on March 7.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Condemned South Carolina inmate, Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad. He would be the first U.S. inmate shot to death in an execution in 15 years.

COLUMBIA — Death row inmate Brad Sigmon has selected the firing squad for his scheduled execution, which would be a first in South Carolina, his attorneys said Friday.

South Carolina is now on track to carry out its first-ever execution by firing squad next month. Death row inmate Brad Sigmon ...