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South Carolina prepares for first firing squad execution, ushering return of rare method
The overhaul of South Carolina’s death chamber was completed three years ago. Now, a team of sharpshooters is practicing its aim for what is poised to be the first firing squad execution in the ...
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Condemned South Carolina killer chooses firing squad execution in what would be first use of that method in US in 15 years
Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad, a method of execution that has not been used in the US in 15 years. Sigmon is scheduled to die on ...
Firing squad could become Idaho’s main execution method under a bill awaiting governor’s approval
Death by firing squad could become Idaho’s primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor’s desk this week.
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Ahead of man’s execution, Greenville Co. coroner recalls gruesome, 2001 deaths
Brad Sigmon, a man who killed his ex-girlfriend’s parents in 2001, is set to be executed by firing squad on Friday.