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The US is killing someone by firing squad for the 1st time in 15 years. Here’s a look at the history
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 to discourage desertion during the Civil War and a dose of frontier justice in the Old West.
South Carolina double killer to die by firing squad in first execution of its kind in 15 years
Brad Sigmon, 67, personally requested the unusual punishment after fearing the electric chair would “burn and cook him alive,” his attorney Gerald King wrote in a statement.
Everything We Know About The Shooters Set to Carry Out America's First Firing Squad Execution in 15 Years
A South Carolina man has selected the firing squad as his preferred method of death in what will become the state's first such execution in 15 years.
How South Carolina's execution of a condemned killer by firing squad will unfold
When a South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat steps into the death row chamber Friday night, it won’t be lethal injection or electrocution that ends his life. It will be three people holding rifles about 15 feet (4.
South Carolina Baseball Bat Killer Slated to Be Executed By Firing Squad Will' Pay For What He's Done', Victim's Grandson Says
A South Carolina man facing execution for murdering his ex-girlfriends parents will "pay for what he's done," the victims grandson said.
South Carolina prepares for first firing squad execution, ushering return of rare method
Brad Sigmon, 67, has opted not to die by electrocution or lethal injection in his planned March 7 execution. The last firing squad execution was carried out by Utah in 2010.
Experts say firing squad executions are quick and sure. Why are they rarely used in the US?
South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die by firing squad March 7, a first for the state after he raised doubts about its lethal injection protocol.
Lethal injection, electrocution and now firing squads. A look at US execution methods
South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in the U.S. in nearly 15 years. Since the Supreme Court lifted its ban on capital punishment in 1976,
South Carolina to execute man by firing squad, nation’s first in 15 years
Only three people have been executed by firing squad in the U.S. since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.
South Carolina plans to carry out a firing squad execution. Is it safe for witnesses?
South Carolina plans to execute its first prisoner by firing squad on March 7 inside the same death chamber it's used for dozens of other executions. Firearms experts say that could be risky.
United States’ first firing squad execution in 15 years to be carried out in SC
As South Carolina plans to carry our the first firing squad execution in 15 years in the United States, Professor Deborah Denno of the Fordham School of Law talks about the history of the unusual method to carry out the death penalty,
South Carolina Shares Plans for Rare Execution by Firing Squad
Brad Sigmon, 67, convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2001, is scheduled to be executed on March 7.
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Inside three brutal execution methods as death row killer set to be shot dead by firing squad
Brad Sigmon is set to be killed by a firing squad in South Carolina following his conviction 24 years ago for brutally ...