The last time such an execution took place was 15 years ago, in Utah. The South Carolina inmate chose the method because of his concerns about lethal injection, his lawyer said. By Eduardo Medina ...

The bill comes after one attempt to execute an inmate via lethal injection failed, with officials unable to set an intravenous line. In 2021, South Carolina passed a law allowing execution by ...

Brad Sigmon, a 67-year-old inmate, is scheduled for execution by firing squad in South Carolina, marking the first such case in the US since 2010. Convicted for the 2001 murders of his ex ...

South Carolina executed a death row inmate by firing squad Friday, the first time in modern history the method has been used in the state. The 67-year-old inmate, Brad Sigmon, was convicted of a ...

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 ...

South Carolina prison inmates led ring that obtained $5 million in fraudulent COVID-19 unemployment benefits, feds say ...

Columbia, S.C. • The state of South Carolina executed a prisoner Friday evening with a firing squad, an extremely rare method that had not been used in the United States since 2010. The inmate ...

In 2021, South Carolina passed a law allowing execution by firing squad in the state but named the electric chair the state’s primary means of execution. The law allows inmates the option to ...

In 2021, South Carolina passed a law allowing execution by firing squad in the state but named the electric chair the state’s primary means of execution. The law allows inmates the option to ...