First firing squad execution in U.S. in 15 years is carried out in S.C.
Brad Sigmon, sentenced for a 2001 double murder, chose to be executed by firing squad because of concerns about lethal injection.
South Carolina man Brad Sigmon executed by firing squad, first such execution in 15 years
Brad Sigmon, who admitted to killing his ex-girlfriend's parents, said he chose to die by bullets because he considered the other choices offered by the state to be worse.
Violent and sudden. What a firing squad execution looked like through my eyes
An Associated Press journalist served as media eyewitness to the execution of Brad Sigmon by firing squad Friday in South Carolina.
When Was the Last Firing Squad Execution? Brad Sigmon Faces Death Penalty
The last execution by firing squad in the U.S. occurred in Utah in 2010 when Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed for a 1984 murder. Utah remains the only state that has used this method since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, carrying out three firing squad executions.
South Carolina carries out first firing squad execution in US in 15 years
By Aleksandra Michalska and Jonathan Allen COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) -South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing squad on Friday, the first use of the method in the United States in 15 years.
Firing squad executes Brad Keith Sigmon in South Carolina in 'bloody spectacle'
Friday's execution was the first by firing squad in modern South Carolina history and only the fourth in the U.S. since 1977. Sigmon's attorney called it a "bloody spectacle."
Brad Keith Sigmon Final Words Before South Carolina Execution
Brad Keith Sigmon called for an end to the death penalty before he was executed by firing squad in South Carolina on Friday. The death penalty is a legal form of criminal punishment in 27 states. Governors in California, Pennsylvania, Oregon and Ohio have currently placed executions on hold.
A South Carolina man executed by firing squad is the first US prisoner killed this way in 15 years
A South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by that method, which he saw as preferable to the electric chair or lethal injection.
South Carolina kills death-row prisoner in state's first firing squad execution
Brad Sigmon, convicted in a double murder in 2002, opted to die by a method that is rarely used. Utah carried out the last firing squad execution in 2010.
Brad Sigmon becomes first SC inmate to be executed by firing squad
Death row inmate Brad Sigmon was executed by firing squad. This is the first firing squad execution in the U.S. since 2010 and the first ever in South Carolina.
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South Carolina executes Brad Sigmon by firing squad, first US execution of its kind in 15 years
Brad Sigmon, 67, was executed by firing squad in South Carolina, the first such U.S. execution in 15 years. He chose this ...
In a first for South Carolina, Brad Sigmon is executed by firing squad
Brad Sigmon is only the fourth person executed by firing squad in the United States since the death penalty resumed ...