Map Shows US States Allowing Firing Squad Executions
South Carolina executed Brad Sigmon by firing squad on March 7, marking its first use of the execution method.
Violent and sudden. What a firing squad execution looked like through my eyes
An Associated Press journalist served as media eyewitness to the execution of Brad Sigmon by firing squad Friday in South Carolina.
South Carolina man Brad Sigmon executed by firing squad, first such execution in 15 years
Brad Sigmon, who admitted to killing his ex-girlfriend's parents, said he chose to die by bullets because he considered the other choices offered by the state to be worse.
Double Murderer Executed by Firing Squad. Why
Brad Sigmon was sentenced to death in South Carolina for murdering his ex-girlfriend’s parents, David and Gladys Larke. He confessed to killing them with a baseball bat before attempting to kidnap his ex-girlfriend, Rebecca Barbare, using a gun stolen from David Larke. Barbare escaped by jumping from a moving car and running for safety.
South Carolina carries out first firing squad execution in US in 15 years
South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing squad on Friday, the first use of the method in the United States in 15 years.
When Was the Last Firing Squad Execution? Brad Sigmon Faces Death Penalty
A South Carolina man convicted of a double murder is set to be executed by firing squad, marking the first use of this method in the state and the first in the U.S. since 2010. Brad Keith Sigmon, 67,
First firing squad execution in U.S. in 15 years is carried out in S.C.
Brad Sigmon, sentenced for a 2001 double murder, chose to be executed by firing squad because of concerns about lethal injection.
Witnesses describe South Carolina firing squad execution
A South Carolina man convicted in a double murder in 2002 died Friday by firing squad, marking the first time that execution method was used by the state. Witnesses are now sharing their first-hand accounts from the final moments before the execution occurred.
Firing squad execution: Brad Keith Sigmon executed in South Carolina
A firing squad in South Carolina executed Brad Keith Sigmon for the beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2001.
First US execution by firing squad in 15 years set for Friday: What to know
A South Carolina prisoner is set to be executed by firing squad Friday in the first execution of its kind in more than a decade. Brad Sigmon, 67, was convicted and sentenced to death in 2002 in the murders of his ex-girlfriend’s parents a year earlier.
South Carolina kills death-row prisoner in state's first firing squad execution
Brad Sigmon, convicted in a double murder in 2002, opted to die by a method that is rarely used. Utah carried out the last firing squad execution in 2010.
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Firing squad could become Idaho’s main execution method under a bill awaiting governor’s approval
Death by firing squad could become Idaho’s primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor’s desk this week.
Are firing squads really more ‘humane’ than lethal injection?
On Friday afternoon, the state of South Carolina carried out the first execution by firing squad in the United States in 15 ...
Man Who Was Executed by Firing Squad for the First Time in the U.S. Since 2010 Shared a Passionate Plea as His Final Words
A South Carolina man, who recently became the first person in the United States to be executed by a firing squad in 15 years, ...
‘I Won’t Forget’: Firing Squad Witness Reveals Horror of Watching Murderer Die
A reporter who witnessed the first American execution by firing squad in 15 years said that the experience will forever ...