Unless the governor or the U.S. Supreme Court grants him a last-minute reprieve, Brad Sigmon, 67, will be the first person to ...
Brad Sigmon is only the fourth person executed by firing squad in the United States since the death penalty resumed ...
Brad Sigmon will be the first person executed by firing squad in South Carolina and the oldest person ever put to death in ...
Three volunteer corrections staff members will point rifles at Sigmon's chest and fire live rounds as he sits strapped to a chair, a hood over his head.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man convicted of murder was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner ...
Executioners strapped him into a chair in a steel basin with a hood over his head and a target over his heart at the South Carolina Department of Corrections' execution chamber in Columbia.
A South Carolina man has been executed by firing squad, becoming the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by this method.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — When the clock strikes 6 Friday evening, a South Carolina man will walk into ... He may utter last words before a hood is placed over his head, a curtain shielding him ...