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

Only three people have been executed by firing squad in the U.S. since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.

Brad Sigmon, 67, will be the first man in 15 years to be executed by shooting and only the fourth since the death penalty was ...

Brad Keith Sigmon called for an end to the death penalty before he was executed by firing squad in South Carolina on Friday.

A South Carolina man has been executed by firing squad, becoming the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by this method.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of condemned man Brad Sigmon, clearing the way ...

Jeffrey Collins was one of three media witnesses for the firing squad execution of Brad Sigmon. He has been a witness to 11 ...

Brad Sigmon, 67, has opted not to die by electrocution or lethal injection in his planned March 7 execution. The last firing ...

The last time such an execution took place was 15 years ago, in Utah. The South Carolina inmate chose the method because of ...

South Carolina has executed Brad Sigmon, the fourth inmate to be put to death by the state since executions resumed in ...

South Carolina has said its methods are similar to other states that use one dose of pentobarbital. In Georgia and Tennessee, ...

Columbia, S.C. • The state of South Carolina executed a prisoner Friday evening with a firing squad, an extremely rare method ...