South Carolina executed Brad Sigmon by firing squad on March 7, marking its first use of the execution method.

Friday's execution was the first by firing squad in modern South Carolina history and only the fourth in the U.S. since 1977.

Brad Sigmon, who admitted to killing his ex-girlfriend's parents, said he chose to die by bullets because he considered the ...

A South Carolina man convicted of brutally murdering a couple in 2001 was executed by firing squad Friday, becoming the first ...

If the governor is squeamish about the firing squad, perhaps he should be squeamish about the death penalty. | Opinion ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man convicted of murder was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner ...

An Associated Press journalist served as media eyewitness to the execution of Brad Sigmon by firing squad Friday in South ...

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

Brad Sigmon, the South Carolina man who recently became the first person in the United States to be executed by a firing ...

A convicted double murderer has been executed by firing squad, the first such execution in the United States since 2010, ...

A firing squad in South Carolina executed Brad Keith Sigmon for the beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2001.

March 7 (UPI) -- For the first time in 15 years, a state has put a person to death by firing squad. Late Friday, South ...