A man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriends parents and kidnapping her at gunpoint became the first person in South Carolina to be executed by firing squad in more than 15 years. Brad Sigmon ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Khaleda by emailing [email protected] On Friday, South Carolina executed Brad Sigmon by firing squad, marking the state's first use of the method.

Eyewitnesses have given a chilling account of what happened in the minutes leading up to America's first execution by firing squad in 15 years. Brad Sigmon, 67, was executed on 7 March after being ...

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. South Carolina on Friday put the first person to death ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP/WCSC) - 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. Jeffrey Collins was one of three ...

The last words of a death row inmate who was the first in the US to be executed by firing squad in 15 years have been revealed. Brad Sigmon, 67, was shot by three prison guards at the Broad River ...

Brad Sigmon, 67, was executed by a firing squad in South Carolina, marking the first use of this method in the US in 15 years. Convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend’s parents in 2001 ...

A convicted double murderer has been executed by firing squad in the first use of the method in the US for 15 years. Brad Sigmon, 67, chose to be killed by bullets, saying he feared the ...

Only three have been by firing squad. South Carolina is set to make it four Friday evening when it is scheduled to kill Brad Sigmon by firing squad. Idaho is now looking to add to the count ...

A death row inmate who was executed by a firing squad issued a chilling last statement. Brad Sigmon, 67, was shot to death via an execution method that hasn't been used in the US for 15 years.