A South Carolina man convicted of brutally murdering a couple in 2001 was executed by firing squad Friday, becoming the first ...

Friday's execution was the first by firing squad in modern South Carolina history and only the fourth in the U.S. since 1977.

Friday's execution was the first by firing squad in modern South Carolina history and only the fourth in the U.S. since 1977.

Brad Sigmon is only the fourth person executed by firing squad in the United States since the death penalty resumed ...

Firing squads have a long and storied history in the U.S. They've served as a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way ...

An 1877 sentencing in Utah gave rise to the first U.S. Supreme Court case challenging a specific execution method. Wallace Wilkerson, who shot a man to death ... "My God! They’ve missed it.” ...

South Carolina inmate Brad Keith Sigmon was executed by firing squad March 7 for killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents, David ...

If Sigmon's execution moves forward, he will become the first inmate in South Carolina executed by firing squad in modern history and the fourth in the U.S. since 1977.

This execution marks the second one in the United ... man and rehabilitate." He told his loved ones, lawyers and supporters that "This isn't the end; this is only the beginning." "I thank God ...

A convicted double murderer has been executed by firing squad – the first such execution in the United States since 2010, ...

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