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 ...

Firing squads have a long and storied history in the U.S. They've served as a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way ...

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

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 ...

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

According to the state’s firing squad protocol, the condemned man will have a hood put over his head and a target placed on his heart. Three volunteers will then shoot him from a distance of 15 feet.

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

Three volunteer South Carolina prison employees will be the firing squad used to execute condemned killer Brad Sigmon on ...

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