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

South Carolina on Friday is scheduled to put the first person to death by firing squad in the U.S. in 15 years. Brad Sigmon, ...

Some 46 prisoners have been executed by lethal injection and electrocution in South Carolina since 1985. Brad Sigmon’s ...

South Carolina plans to execute its first prisoner by firing squad on March 7 inside the same death chamber it's used for ...

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

The newspaper reported that Gardner was strapped down and a hood placed over his head. The five shooters out of view of the ...

Only three people have been executed by firing squad in the U.S. since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.

Not much is known about the people who will fire the rifles. Prison officials said they have "completed all required training." ...

Brad Sigmon, convicted of brutally murdering his ex-girlfriend’s parents in 2001, is set to face South Carolina’s first ...

A South Carolina man has selected the firing squad as his preferred method of death in what will become the state's first ...