By Aleksandra Michalska and Jonathan Allen COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) -South Carolina executed a convicted murderer ...

A firing squad in South Carolina executed Brad Keith Sigmon for the beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2001.

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.

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

South Carolina has executed Brad Sigmon, the fourth inmate to be put to death by the state since executions resumed in ...

Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a bill on Wednesday making death by firing squad the preferred method for executions, and death ...

Today four states—Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah—list the firing squad in their menu of execution methods. The Idaho Legislature just passed a law making the firing squad its primary ...

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

South Carolina inmate Brad Keith Sigmon was executed by firing squad Friday for the 2001 murders of his ex-girlfriend's ...

Columbia, South Carolina (CNN) — A convicted double murderer has been executed by firing squad – the first such execution in ...

The South Carolina double murderer executed by firing squad was in “great spirits and ready to go join the Lord” as he faced his demise, his brother told The Post. Brad Sigmon, who became the first ...

Brad Sigmon, convicted of a brutal 2001 double murder, was executed by firing squad after fighting to avoid the electric chair and lethal injection.