Execution by firing squad is a specific practice that is distinct from other forms of execution by firearms, such as an execution by shot (s) to the back of the head or neck.

2 days ago · A firing squad is executing Brad Keith Sigmon in South Carolina today. What to know. Three volunteer corrections staff members will point rifles at Sigmon's chest and fire live rounds as he sits ...

1 day ago · 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 ...

1 day ago · The sun was setting. The sky was a pretty pink and purple, a stark contrast to the death chamber’s florescent lights, gray firing squad chair and block walls that reminded me of a 1970s doctor’s office. The death chamber is less than a five-minute drive from Correction Department headquarters along a busy suburban highway.

2 days ago · [1/5] A woman leaves after attending a vigil for death row inmate Brad Sigmon, 67, on the eve of his execution by firing squad method at the Broad River Correctional Institution, at the Washington ...

2 days ago · South Carolina executes convicted murderer by firing squad 03:59. A South Carolina man was executed by firing squad Friday — the first execution of its kind in the U.S. since 2010 and just the ...

2 days ago · The firing squad became legal in South Carolina in 2021, after the state passed a law that allowed death by electric chair or firing squad as options for people on death row. Inmates sued the ...

3 days ago · A South Carolina man convicted of murder is scheduled to be executed by firing squad Friday night. Brad Sigmon beat to death his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat as part of a botched kidnapping plan in 2001.

Feb 21, 2025 · 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.

Feb 21, 2025 · Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die by a firing squad. He would be the first U.S. inmate shot to death in an execution in 15 years.