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 U.S. in 15 years.
In first for state, South Carolina death row inmate elects to die by firing squad
In 2024, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that firing squad was a constitutional method of carrying out executions.
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 next month rather than by lethal injection or the electric chair.
'Barbaric': Inmate chooses death by firing squad for execution in South Carolina next month
Brad Keith Sigmon is set to be executed by firing squad on March 7 for the 2001 beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents, David and Gladys Larke.
SC condemned inmate selects death by firing squad, a first since the state legalized it
Brad Sigmon, 67, was sentenced to death in 2002 for fatally beating his ex-girlfriend's parents while trying to kidnap the woman in Greenville County in 2001.
Death row inmate from South Carolina chooses most gruesome execution method. Is he repenting over his barbaric crimes?
Brad Sigmon, a convicted murderer in South Carolina, has chosen to die by firing squad over lethal injection or the electric chair. Sentenced in 2001 for a brutal double murder, Sigmon's decision arises from the horrific nature of all available execution methods.
Condemned South Carolina man chooses to die by firing squad
Brad Sigmon chose bullets over lethal injection or the electric chair, "which would burn and cook him alive," his attorney said.
'Barbaric' method of execution in South Carolina draws fierce opposition
Nearly 15 years since the country's last firing squad death, an inmate in South Carolina elects to be shot to death.
Condemned South Carolina killer chooses to be executed by firing squad, AP Explains
Associated Press reporter Jeffrey Collins explains the process in which condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon will be executed after electing to die by a firing squad.
South Carolina man on death row chooses execution by firing squad
Brad Sigmon, who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2002, is scheduled to be executed on March 7.
South Carolina Death Row Inmate Chooses to Be Executed by a Firing Squad
The state has never used that method to execute a prisoner. The last time an inmate was killed by a firing squad was in 2010 in Utah.
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