When the clock strikes 6 Friday evening, a South Carolina man will walk into the death chamber, be strapped into a chair and ...

Brad Sigmon was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2001. He chose the firing squad over the electric chair ...

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.

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

Randy Gardner speaks against the death penalty during a visit to Columbia, South Carolina, in advance of the scheduled ...

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

A death row inmate in South Carolina has chosen to die by firing squad. The convicted killer is scheduled to be executed on ...

The inmate chose to be executed by firing squad over the two other methods in South Carolina — the electric chair and lethal ...

A South Carolina murderer who kidnapped his ex-girlfriend and beat her parents to death is set to become the state’s first ...

Hanging was the execution method of choice throughout most of American history, and it was used in America’s last public execution in 1936, when Rainey Bethea was put to death in Owensboro, Kentucky.

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