The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of condemned man Brad Sigmon, clearing the way ...

Death by firing squad could become Idaho’s primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor’s desk this week.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has denied the final appeal of Brad Sigmon, paving the way for his execution by firing squad ...

Brad Keith Sigmon, who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents in South Carolina, opted for the firing squad ...

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

Brad Sigmon, 67, personally requested the unusual punishment after fearing the electric chair would “burn and cook him alive, ...

Only three people have been executed by firing squad in the U.S. since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.

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 ...

Brad Sigmon, convicted of brutally murdering his ex-girlfriend’s parents in 2001, is set to face South Carolina’s first ...

South Carolina is set to use a firing squad to execute Brad Sigmon, a rarely used killing method in the United States.

Brad Sigmon’s execution will be the first by firing squad. Just three inmates — in Utah in 1977, 1996 and 2010 — have faced a firing squad in the U.S. since the death penalty was reinstated ...