Friday's execution was the first by firing squad in modern South Carolina history and only the fourth in the U.S. since 1977.

Brad Sigmon, who admitted to killing his ex-girlfriend's parents, said he chose to die by bullets because he considered the ...

Brad Sigmon is only the fourth person executed by firing squad in the United States since the death penalty resumed ...

Brad Keith Sigmon called for an end to the death penalty before he was executed by firing squad in South Carolina on Friday.

Three volunteer corrections staff members will point rifles at Sigmon's chest and fire live rounds as he sits strapped to a ...

Brad Sigmon, convicted in a double murder in 2002, opted to die by a method that is rarely used. Utah carried out the last ...

The last execution by firing squad in the U.S. occurred in Utah in 2010 when Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed for a 1984 ...

A firing squad in South Carolina executed Brad Keith Sigmon for the beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2001.

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

Jeffrey Collins was one of three media witnesses for the firing squad execution of Brad Sigmon. He has been a witness to 11 South Carolina executions.

Friday's execution was the first by firing squad in modern South Carolina history and only the fourth in the U.S. since 1977.

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