South Carolina has executed Brad Sigmon by firing squad, marking the first ever use of the controversial method in the state, and its first use in the United States in 15 years.. Sigmon used his ...

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.

South Carolina executes convicted murderer by firing squad 03:59. A South Carolina man was executed by firing squad Friday — the first execution of its kind in the U.S. since 2010 and just the ...

Editor's note: Brad Keith Sigmon was executed Friday by firing squad. Follow along here.. A South Carolina man who beat his ex-girlfriend's parents to death in a fit of rage is set to become the ...

However, no South Carolina governor has previously commuted the sentence of a death row inmate. Sigmon, whose online prison records show no violent offenses, is “deeply remorseful,” King said.

Brad Keith Sigmon called for an end to the death penalty before he was executed by firing squad in South Carolina on Friday. Why It Matters. The death penalty is a legal form of criminal ...

A convicted double murderer is set to die by firing squad in South Carolina on Friday — the first execution of its kind in the US in 15 years.. Brad Sigmon, 67, personally requested the unusual ...

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

Brad Sigmon, 67, was sentenced to death in 2001 for the murders of his ex-girlfriend’s parents, Gladys and David Larke South Carolina Department of Corrections ...

I've now watched through glass and bars as 11 men were put to death at a South Carolina prison. None of the previous 10 prepared me for watching the firing squad death of Brad Sigmon on Friday ...

South Carolina man Brad Sigmon is executed by firing squad, the first US prisoner killed by this method in 15 years. Gov.