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

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

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

South Carolina is set to execute a death row inmate by firing squad on Friday, a first for the state and the first firing ...

The Idaho Senate passed the bill on Wednesday, and it will take effect next year if it is signed by Gov. Brad Little.

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 ...

The condemned man, who admitted to killing his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat after she refused to come back to ...

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.

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

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