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

A South Carolina man has been executed by firing squad, becoming the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by this method.

Brad Sigmon, 67, will be the first man in 15 years to be executed by shooting and only the fourth since the death penalty was ...

Brad Keith Sigmon called for an end to the death penalty before he was executed by firing squad in South Carolina on Friday.

A South Carolina man has been executed by firing squad, becoming the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by this method.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of condemned man Brad Sigmon, clearing the way ...

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

A journalist recounts witnessing South Carolina’s first firing squad execution in 15 years, describing the chilling moment ...

Columbia, S.C. • The state of South Carolina executed a prisoner Friday evening with a firing squad, an extremely rare method ...

South Carolina has said its methods are similar to other states that use one dose of pentobarbital. In Georgia and Tennessee, ...

South Carolina has executed Brad Sigmon, the fourth inmate to be put to death by the state since executions resumed in September 2024.

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