Lethal injection, electrocution and now firing squads. A look at US execution methods
Twenty-eight states as well as the U.S. military and U.S. government authorize the use of lethal injection, in which an ...
South Carolina prepares for first firing squad execution, ushering return of rare method
Brad Sigmon, 67, has opted not to die by electrocution or lethal injection in his planned March 7 execution. The last firing ...
The New York Times9d
U.S. Firing Squad Executions Are Rare, but Their History Is Long
By Jacey Fortin No prisoner in South Carolina has ever been legally executed by a firing squad. But for those who have been sentenced to death, the option is available. And on Friday, a lawyer for ...
CBS News10d
South Carolina killer chooses death by firing squad, marking first shooting execution in 15 years
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. Sigmon is scheduled to die ...
The Mirror US on MSN8h
Inside three brutal execution methods as death row killer set to be shot dead by firing squad
Brad Sigmon is set to be killed by a firing squad in South Carolina following his conviction 24 years ago for brutally ...
The New York Times10d
South Carolina Death Row Inmate Chooses to Be Executed by a Firing Squad
By Eduardo Medina A South Carolina man on death row has chosen death by firing squad as his method of execution, his lawyer said on Friday. If his execution is carried out, he will be the first ...
Fox News9d
South Carolina death row inmate chooses firing squad as execution method
A South Carolina death row inmate has chosen to be executed by a firing squad, which would make him only the fourth inmate in the U.S. to die by this execution method. Brad Sigmon, 67, who is ...
USA Today9d
'Barbaric': Inmate chooses death by firing squad for execution in South Carolina next month
A South Carolina death row inmate has chosen to die by firing squad in what would be the first such execution in the state in modern history and the fourth in the U.S. since 1977. Brad Keith ...
New York Post9d
South Carolina death row inmate chooses execution method that hasn’t been used in 15 years
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. Sigmon is scheduled to die ...
CNN9d
Condemned South Carolina killer chooses firing squad execution in what would be first use of that method in US in 15 years
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 US in 15 years. Sigmon is scheduled to die on March 7.