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.
Firing squad executes Brad Keith Sigmon in South Carolina in 'bloody spectacle'
Friday's execution was the first by firing squad in modern South Carolina history and only the fourth in the U.S. since 1977. Sigmon's attorney called it a "bloody spectacle."
South Carolina inmate executed by firing squad for first time in US since 2010
A convicted double murderer has been executed by firing squad, the first such execution in the United States since 2010, according to the South Carolina Department of Corrections.
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.
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 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.
South Carolina convict inches closer to first US death by firing squad in 15 years
A South Carolina convict who brutally killed his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat in 2001 is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on Friday – the first execution of its kind in U.S. in 15 years.
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.
South Carolina Carries Out First Firing Squad Execution in Decades, Sparking Controversy
Death by firing squad is still a thing in the United States. Brad Keith Sigmon, a 67-year-old convicted murderer, was executed by firing squad in South Carolina on Friday, marking the state’s first use of this method in modern history and the first such execution in the U.
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South Carolina carries out execution by firing squad
As South Carolina prepared to carry out the first execution by firing squad in the U.S. since 2010, Catholic activists ...
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Firing squad could become Idaho’s main execution method under a bill awaiting governor’s approval
[Watch in the player above: The most commonly reported crimes in the U.S.] BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Death by firing squad could become Idaho’s primary method of execution under a bill headed to the ...
‘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 ...