Brad Keith Sigmon, who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents in South Carolina, opted for the firing squad ...

The newspaper reported that Gardner was strapped down and a hood placed over his head. The five shooters out of view of the ...

A South Carolina inmate is set to die by firing squad Friday, a rare execution method in the United States that experts say ...

Death by firing squad could become Idaho’s primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor’s desk this week.

South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in ...

It was a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way to discourage desertion during the Civil War and a dose of frontier ...

Brad Sigmon, 67, convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2001, is scheduled to be executed on March 7.

Firing squads have a long history in the U.S., dating back to 1608, though they have been rarely used in modern times.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of condemned man Brad Sigmon, clearing the way ...

Brad Sigmon will be the first person executed by firing squad in South Carolina and the oldest person ever put to death in ...

Brad Sigmon, 67, personally requested the unusual punishment after fearing the electric chair would “burn and cook him alive, ...

If Sigmon's execution moves forward, he will become the first inmate in South Carolina executed by firing squad in modern ...