Friday's execution was the first by firing squad in modern South Carolina history and only the fourth in the U.S. since 1977.

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

South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing squad on Friday, the first use of the method in the United States in ...

A South Carolina convict who brutally killed his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat in 2001 is scheduled to be ...

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

Brad Sigmon, who admitted to killing his ex-girlfriend's parents, said he chose to die by bullets because he considered the ...

A South Carolina man convicted of murder is scheduled to be executed by firing squad Friday night. Brad Sigmon beat to death ...

South Carolina is scheduled to execute double murderer Brad Sigmon by firing squad Friday evening, barring a last-minute ...

Brad Sigmon, convicted in a double murder in 2002, opted to die by a method that is rarely used. Utah carried out the last ...

A firing squad in South Carolina executed Brad Keith Sigmon on Friday for the beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents, marking the first firing squad execution in the state in modern history ...

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