Lethal injection, electrocution and now firing squads. A look at US execution methods
Twenty-eight states as well as the U.S. military and U.S. government authorize the use of lethal injection, in which an ...
South Carolina prepares for first firing squad execution, ushering return of rare method
Brad Sigmon, 67, has opted not to die by electrocution or lethal injection in his planned March 7 execution. The last firing ...
The New York Times9d
U.S. Firing Squad Executions Are Rare, but Their History Is Long
During the Civil War, both sides used firing squads to kill deserting soldiers. Today, people on death row can choose to die that way in some states. By Jacey Fortin No prisoner in South Carolina ...
Yahoo4d
Firing squad execution planned in South Carolina: Is the method making a return?
COLUMBIA, S.C. - The scheduled execution of Brad Sigmon in South Carolina is set to be the first firing squad execution in the U.S. since 2010 and only the fourth since the death penalty was ...
CBS News10d
South Carolina killer chooses death by firing squad, marking first shooting execution in 15 years
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. Sigmon is scheduled to die ...
The Mirror US on MSN11h
Inside three brutal execution methods as death row killer set to be shot dead by firing squad
Brad Sigmon is set to be killed by a firing squad in South Carolina following his conviction 24 years ago for brutally ...
Fox News3d
Karine Jean-Pierre ripped over 'firing squad' recap of Biden's exit from race: 'Still doesn't understand'
"A firing squad around a person who I believe was a true patriot, a person who I believe did everything that he can for this country. A person who I believe, as I mentioned before, has done more ...
New York Post10d
South Carolina death row inmate chooses execution method that hasn’t been used in 15 years
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. Sigmon is scheduled to die ...
Washington Examiner4d
Democratic ‘firing squad’ took out Biden: Karine Jean-Pierre
I had never seen a party do that in the way that they did, and it was hurtful and sad to see that happening — a firing squad around a person who I believe was a true patriot, a person who I ...
Fox News9d
South Carolina death row inmate chooses firing squad as execution method
A South Carolina death row inmate has chosen to be executed by a firing squad, which would make him only the fourth inmate in the U.S. to die by this execution method. Brad Sigmon, 67, who is ...