Brad Sigmon will be the first person executed by firing squad in South Carolina and the oldest person ever put to death in ...

The last time such an execution took place was 15 years ago, in Utah. The South Carolina inmate chose the method because of ...

FILE - This undated photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair ...

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.

A convicted double murderer has been executed by firing squad, the first such execution in the United States since 2010, according to the South Carolina Department of Corrections. The execution of ...

South Carolina’s Department of Corrections said the three-man firing squad will stand behind a wall 15 feet away from the condemned inmate. Sigmon will be strapped to a chair — the same one ...

South Carolina Department of Corrections Barring a last-minute reprieve, Brad Sigmon will be led into South Carolina’s death chamber Friday evening. He will be strapped into a metal chair and ...

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

How South Carolina's Execution of a Condemned Killer ... Fifteen feet (4.6 meters) away will be three state Corrections Department volunteers with rifles. All three will have live ammunition.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — When a South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend ... Fifteen feet away will be three state Corrections Department volunteers with rifles. All three will have live ...