A South Carolina man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents is to be put to death by firing squad on Friday in ...

A South Carolina man convicted of murder is scheduled to be executed by firing squad Friday night. Brad Sigmon beat his ...

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

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

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

Unless the governor or the U.S. Supreme Court grants him a last-minute reprieve, Brad Sigmon, 67, will be the first person to die by firing squad in the U.S. since 2010 — and just the fourth since the ...

Unless Gov. Brad Little vetoes a bill that passed the Idaho Legislature, Idaho could become the only state to fatally shoot ...

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.

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

A South Carolina inmate petitioned the courts for execution by firing squad—and won. His execution is set for March 7.

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