Brad Sigmon executed by firing squad, first in South Carolina's history
South Carolina has executed Brad Sigmon, the fourth inmate to be put to death by the state since executions resumed in September 2024.
‘Violent and sudden’: Witness to first SC firing squad execution describes what he saw
One of the media witnesses to Friday night’s execution, the first ever in the state to use a firing squad, provided his eyewitness account.
A South Carolina prisoner is the first executed by a firing squad in 15 years
A South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by that method.
Violent and sudden. What a firing squad execution looked like through my eyes
The firing squad is certainly faster — and more violent — than lethal injection. It's a lot more tense, too. My heart started pounding a little after Sigmon's lawyer read his final statement. The hood ...
Brad Keith Sigmon Final Words Before South Carolina Execution
Brad Keith Sigmon called for an end to the death penalty before he was executed by firing squad in South Carolina on Friday.
First firing squad execution in U.S. in 15 years is carried out in S.C.
Brad Sigmon, sentenced for a 2001 double murder, chose to be executed by firing squad because of concerns about lethal ...
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Rebecca “Becky” Jean Riffe Bowman, 60, of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina passed away peacefully with her family by her side on March 1, 2025.
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South Carolina Murderer To Be Executed by Firing Squad After Final Appeal Rejected
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 ...
SC Supreme Court rejects man’s final appeal to avoid firing squad execution
GREENVILLE, S.C. (WCSC/AP) - The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of condemned man Brad Sigmon, clearing the way for Friday’s firing squad execution.
The US is killing someone by firing squad for the 1st time in 15 years. Here's a look at the history
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 to discourage desertion during the Civil War and a dose of frontier justice ...