An Associated Press journalist has served as a media eyewitness to the execution of Brad Sigmon by firing squad Friday in South Carolina COLUMBIA, S.C. -- I've now watched through glass and bars as 11 ...
The last time such an execution took place was 15 years ago, in Utah. The South Carolina inmate chose the method because of ...
In modern times, some consider it a more humane alternative to lethal injection. The firing squad has a long and thorny history in the U.S. Related Articles A judge in the nation’s capital ...
The double murderer set to die by firing squad in South Carolina Friday had his last-minute appeal to save his life turned ...
A firing squad in South Carolina executed Brad Keith Sigmon on Friday for the beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents, marking the first firing squad execution in the state in modern history ...
The firing squad has a long and thorny history in the U.S. South Carolina on Friday is scheduled to put the first person to death by firing squad in the U.S. in 15 years.
As South Carolina plans to carry our the first firing squad execution in 15 years in the United States, Professor Deborah Denno of the Fordham School of Law talks about the history of the unusual ...