Condemned Murderer May Be First Person in 15 Years to Be Executed by Firing Squad in U.S.
A South Carolina inmate on death row has chosen to be executed by a firing squad, according to multiple reports. If chosen, he will be the first person to die by a firing squad in the United States in 15 years.
Condemned South Carolina killer chooses to be executed by firing squad
COLUMBIA, S.C. – 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.
Man Chooses Firing Squad for Execution, Would Be US's First in 15 Years
Sigmon is the first inmate in SC to select the state's newly implemented firing squad over lethal injection or electric chair.
In first for state, South Carolina death row inmate elects to die by firing squad
In 2024, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that firing squad was a constitutional method of carrying out executions.
'Barbaric' method of execution in South Carolina draws fierce opposition
Nearly 15 years since the country's last firing squad death, an inmate in South Carolina elects to be shot to death.
Condemned South Carolina man chooses to die by firing squad
Brad Sigmon chose bullets over lethal injection or the electric chair, "which would burn and cook him alive," his attorney said.
SC condemned inmate selects death by firing squad, a first since the state legalized it
Brad Sigmon, 67, was sentenced to death in 2002 for fatally beating his ex-girlfriend's parents while trying to kidnap the woman in Greenville County in 2001.
South Carolina man on death row chooses execution by firing squad
Brad Sigmon, who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2002, is scheduled to be executed on March 7.
'Barbaric': Inmate chooses death by firing squad for execution in South Carolina next month
Brad Keith Sigmon is set to be executed by firing squad on March 7 for the 2001 beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents, David and Gladys Larke.
South Carolina Set To Carry Out First Firing Squad Execution In 15 Years
Brad Sigmon chose to die by firing squad next month, citing concerns with the electric chair and lethal injection, the two available alternative methods.
South Carolina killer chooses death by firing squad, marking first shooting execution in 15 years
Only three inmates in the U.S. have been executed by firing squad since 1976, with the last execution in 2010.
Greenville man on South Carolina's death row chooses firing squad for March 7 execution
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Condemned SC inmate Brad Sigmon asks court to halt his March 7 execution, throw out death sentence
Condemned inmate Brad Sigmon is asking the S.C. Supreme Court to stop his March 7 execution. He was sentenced to die in the ...
State Supreme Court sets execution date for Greenville man convicted in 2001 double murder
Sigmon was convicted of murder in the 2001 deaths of David and Gladys Larke and the kidnapping of their daughter, Rebecca Barbre.  He was sentenced to death in July 2002.   Sigmon would be ...
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Brad Sigmon's legal team seeks execution stay, citing mental illness and trial failures
The legal team for Brad Sigmon has filed a motion for a stay of execution Thursday and a petition for a writ of habeas corpus ...