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 rejected what is likely the final appeal of condemned man Brad Sigmon, clearing the way ...

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

Wood's conviction of the murders of six women and girls in El Paso, Texas in 1987 was largely based on circumstantial ...

I view the firing squad as a more humane way to carry out executions for those on death row, because it is quick and certain, ...

Alabama in 2024 became the first state to carry out a nitrogen gas execution. Now, at least two states are looking to follow ...

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

The inmate chose to be executed by firing squad over the two other methods in South Carolina — the electric chair and lethal ...

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

Brad Sigmon will be the first person executed by firing squad in South Carolina and the oldest person ever put to death in the state.

A man is set to face execution by firing squad in South Carolina later this week. Brad Keith Sigmon, 76, was sentenced to ...

South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in ...