South Carolina prepares for first firing squad execution, ushering return of rare method
Brad Sigmon, 67, has opted not to die by electrocution or lethal injection in his planned March 7 execution. The last firing ...
South Carolina Death Row Inmate Chooses to Be Executed by a Firing Squad
The state has never used that method to execute a prisoner. The last time an inmate was killed by a firing squad was in 2010 ...
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GOP-led lawsuit that could dismantle disability protections draws public backlash
The GOP-led lawsuit targets certain protections for transgender people. But some experts warn it has the potential to weaken ...
McMaster declares state of emergency as wildfires burn across South Carolina
Gov. Henry McMaster on Sunday declared a state of emergency to support South Carolina’s ongoing response to hundreds of wildfires burning. The order ...
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Condemned South Carolina killer chooses to be executed by firing squad
Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to ... U.S. have been executed by firing squad since 1976. All were in Utah, with the last one taking place in 2010. Sigmon will be strapped ...
SC condemned inmate selects death by firing squad, a first since the state legalized it
Brad Sigmon, 67, was sentenced to death in 2002 for fatally beating his ex-girlfriend's parents while trying to kidnap the ...
Firing squad execution planned in South Carolina: Is the method making a return?
Brad Sigmon, set for execution by firing squad on March 7, seeks a delay, citing concerns over South Carolina’s lethal ...
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How will death by firing squad be carried out in South Carolina?
The South Carolina Department of Corrections shared an overview of the protocols ahead of the state's first firing squad ...
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Condemned South Carolina man chooses to die by firing squad
An inmate on South Carolina's death row has chosen to die ... when Ronnie Lee Gardner was put to death in Utah. “The choice Brad faced today was impossible,” his attorney, Gerald “Bo ...