The 67-year-old man will be the first person to die by firing squad in the U.S. since 2010, when three volunteer shooters will fire at his heart from 15 feet away.

"Removing one life to punish them for taking someone else's does nothing to restore the fabric of humanity, it only increases the damage," says Rev. Bryan Pigford of Cokesbury United Methodist Church ...

A man whose brother was killed by firing squad in 2010 has spoken out against the execution of condemned inmate Brad Sigmon, ...

Randy Gardner speaks against the death penalty during a visit to Columbia, South Carolina, in advance of the scheduled execution of Brad Sigmon by firing squad Friday night.

Inmate Brad Sigmon chose death by firing squad saying he fears the "secrecy" of the drugs used in lethal injections.

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

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

The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of condemned man Brad Sigmon, clearing the way for Friday’s firing squad execution.

Brad Sigmon is set to be executed by firing squad on March 7 for murdering a Greenville County couple in 2001. Advocates have ...

In South Carolina, death row prisoner Brad Keith Sigmon is scheduled to be killed by firing squad Friday in the state’s first-ever use of that execution method, and the first firing squad execution in ...