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US to carry out first firing squad execution since 2010

A South Carolina man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents is to be put to death by firing squad on Friday in the first such execution in the United States in 15 years. There have been five executions in the United States this year and there were 25 last year.

Newsweek · 1h

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 Associated Press on MSN · 21h

South Carolina Supreme Court rejects man's final appeal, clearing way for firing squad execution

The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of condemned man Brad Sigmon, clearing the way for Friday’s firing squad execution

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I proposed South Carolina use firing squad executions. Here’s what I think now. | Opinion

Former state Sen. Dick Harpootlian suggested the idea of letting death row inmates choose to die by firing squad in 2021.

Detroit Free Press5h

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 may be making a comeback in more states as lethal injection drugs ...

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The US is killing someone by firing squad for the 1st time in 15 years. Here’s a look at the history

It was a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way to discourage desertion during the Civil War and a dose of frontier ...

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