If Sigmon's execution moves forward, he will become the first inmate in South Carolina executed by firing squad in modern history and the fourth in the U.S. since 1977.

Brad Sigmon has been executed by firing squad. He had used his final words to call upon Christians to end the death penalty. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

A firing squad is executing Brad Keith Sigmon in South Carolina today. What to know. Three volunteer corrections staff members will point rifles at Sigmon's chest and fire live rounds as he sits ...

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.

Brad Keith Sigmon, who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents in South Carolina, opted for the firing squad over the electric chair and lethal injection.

The legal team for Brad Sigmon has filed a motion for a stay of execution Thursday and a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

Some 46 prisoners have been executed by lethal injection and electrocution in South Carolina since 1985. Brad Sigmon's execution will be the first by firing squad.

Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad. He would be the first U.S. inmate shot to death in an execution in 15 years.

Brad Sigmon is only the fourth person executed by firing squad in the United States since the death penalty resumed nationwide in 1976.

South Carolina has executed Brad Sigmon by firing squad, marking the first ever use of the controversial method in the state, and its first use in the United States in 15 years.