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 ...

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

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

Death by firing squad could become Idaho’s primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor’s desk this week.

The inmate chose to be executed by firing squad over the two other methods in South Carolina — the electric chair and lethal ...

Brad Keith Sigmon, who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents in South Carolina, opted for the firing squad ...

The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of condemned man Brad Sigmon, clearing the way ...

State senators passed the bill after a short debate Wednesday, with one Republican joining six Democrats in opposing it.

Firing squads have a long history in the U.S., dating back to 1608, though they have been rarely used in modern times.

If Sigmon's execution moves forward, he will become the first inmate in South Carolina executed by firing squad in modern ...

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