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

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

One of the three media witnesses to the execution of Brad Sigmon in South Carolina on Friday describes what he saw.

Brad Sigmon used his final words, before he was executed via firing squad, to call upon fellow Christians to help end the death penalty, according to media witnesses. Brad Sigmon's official time ...

Friday's execution was the first by firing squad in modern South Carolina history and only the fourth in the U.S. since 1977. Sigmon's attorney called it a "bloody spectacle." ...

The execution of Brad Sigmon, 67, by the South Carolina Department of Corrections on Friday is only the fourth firing squad execution in the US since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976 ...

A South Carolina man convicted of a double murder is set to be executed by firing squad, marking the first use of this method in the state and the first in the U.S. since 2010. Brad Keith Sigmon, 67, ...

Kate Nalepinski is a Newsweek journalist based in New York City. Kate joined Newsweek in May 2024. She is a graduate of Ithaca College. A South Carolina man convicted of a double murder is set to ...

Execution by firing squad is performed by volunteers from the South Carolina Department of Corrections ... firing squads have at least one rifle unloaded or loaded with blank rounds so members of the ...

Brad Sigmon, 67, was executed by firing squad in South Carolina, the first such U.S. execution in 15 years. He chose this ...

Three volunteer South Carolina prison employees will be the firing squad used to execute condemned killer Brad Sigmon on ...

If Sigmon's execution moves forward, he will become the first inmate in South Carolina executed by firing squad in modern history and the fourth in the U.S. since 1977.