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South Carolina Is Set to Execute a Man via Firing Squad

Newsweek on MSN · 5h

South Carolina Is Set to Execute a Man via Firing Squad: Is It More Humane?

Brad Sigmon was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2001. He chose the firing squad over the electric chair and lethal injection.

The Conversation on MSN · 7h

Death by firing squad set to resume in the US – but no matter the method, all means of execution come with a troubling history

As someone who has studied execution methods in the U.S., I see the resumption of death by firing squad as part of a morbid search for “better” execution methods. It comes amid concern over botched lethal injection attempts and a scarcity of the drugs needed to carry out such executions.

Associated Press News · 7h

Lethal injection, electrocution and now firing squads. A look at US execution methods

South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in the U.S. in nearly 15 years.

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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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SC inmate to die by firing squad. Is the 'barbaric' method making a comeback?

A South Carolina inmate is set to die by firing squad Friday, a rare execution method in the United States that experts say ...

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Their killer is facing execution by firing squad. Who were Gladys and David Larke?

They were the glue of their small-town South Carolina family of five children and a growing number of grandchildren before ...

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