A South Carolina inmate is set to die by firing squad Friday, a rare execution method in the United States that experts say ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of condemned man Brad ...

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 ...

Brad Sigmon, 67, convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2001, is scheduled to be executed on March 7.

Brad Sigmon will be the first person executed by firing squad in South Carolina and the oldest person ever put to death in ...

The South Carolina Supreme Court has denied the final appeal of Brad Sigmon, paving the way for his execution by firing squad ...

If Sigmon's execution moves forward, he will become the first inmate in South Carolina executed by firing squad in modern ...

A South Carolina inmate petitioned the courts for execution by firing squad—and won. His execution is set for March 7.

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

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

A man is set to face execution by firing squad in South Carolina later this week. Brad Keith Sigmon, 76, was sentenced to ...