The inmate was 67-year-old Brad Sigmon, who was convicted of double-murder. The last execution by firing squad in the U.S. was in Utah in 2010.

Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad. He would be the first U.S. inmate shot to death in an execution in 15 years. Sigmon is scheduled to die ...

Why South Carolina man chose death penalty by firing squad 02:33. A medical expert for the state said at the 2022 trial that if the heart is heavily damaged an inmate would lose consciousness ...

A federal judge refused to halt the execution of Stephen Stanko, set for Friday, saying his lawyers provided no evidence that South Carolina’s lethal injection process causes unconstitutional pain.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina death row inmate Stephen Stanko on Friday chose to die by lethal injection after his lawyers said he was troubled by what appeared to be a lingering death of ...