Some 46 prisoners have been executed by lethal injection and electrocution in South Carolina since 1985. Brad Sigmon’s ...

Brad Sigmon, 67, convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2001, is scheduled to be executed on March 7.

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

The inmate chose to be executed by firing squad over the two other methods in South Carolina — the electric chair and lethal ...

Brad Sigmon will be the first person executed by firing squad in South Carolina and the oldest person ever put to death in the state.

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

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

Death by firing squad could become Idaho’s primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor’s desk this week.

I view the firing squad as a more humane way to carry out executions for those on death row, because it is quick and certain, ...

Only five states allow firing squads for executions. But the firing squad isn’t the primary death penalty method in any of ...

South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in ...