Brad Sigmon was executed to exhibit the power of the state over its citizens. By choosing to be put to death by firing squad, ...

This year, six men have been executed with additional executions scheduled in multiple states for the rest of 2025.

Brad Sigmon was 67-years-old and was given a choice of being executed by lethal injection, electrocution or firing squad.

Lawyers for a South Carolina inmate set to be put to death next month want the state Supreme Court to stop his execution, ...

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Twenty-eight states as well as the U.S. military and U.S. government authorize the use of lethal injection, in which an ...

For the first time in its modern history, South Carolina has executed a prisoner by firing squad. WFAE’s Tommy Tomlinson, in ...

Five states authorize the firing squad as an execution method. Arizona could join the ranks if lawmakers decide to send the ...

Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed his name on a bill Wednesday making Idaho the only state in the U.S. to have a firing squad ...

The most recent U.S. execution took place Friday, when Brad Sigmon, 67, died by firing squad in South Carolina. Sigmon, who killed his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat in 2001, was the ...

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I was recently removed from an academic listserv for expressing my concerns about the administration of Donald Trump. This type of self-censorship permeating across ...