It was a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way to discourage desertion during the Civil War and a dose of frontier ...

The U.S. is expected to execute someone by firing squad Friday for the first time in 15 years. Brad Sigmon, 67, has elected ...

South Carolina executed Brad Sigmon by firing squad on March 7, marking its first use of the execution method.

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

In the two weeks since I knew how Sigmon was going to die, I read up on firing squads and the damage that can be done by the bullets. I looked at the autopsy photos of the last man shot to death by ...

The last time such an execution took place was 15 years ago, in Utah. The South Carolina inmate chose the method because of ...

Firing squads have a long history in the U.S., dating back to 1608, though they have been rarely used in modern times.

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

The governor’s action comes less than a week after Brad Sigmon, 67, of South Carolina, was executed by way of a firing squad ...

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

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, convicted in a double murder in 2002, opted to die by a method that is rarely used. Utah carried out the last ...