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

When a South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat steps into the death row chamber Friday ...

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, ...

Brad Sigmon’s attorneys asked the court to reconsider an earlier delay denial based on questions about the effectiveness of ...

The overhaul of South Carolina’s death chamber was completed three years ago. Now, a team of sharpshooters is practicing its aim for what is poised to be the first firing squad execution in the ...

A South Carolina man who is scheduled to die next week by firing squad is again asking that his execution be postponed and prison officials release more information about the state’s lethal ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — When a South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend ... what will be the United States’ first firing squad execution in 15 years. Report an error ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - The scheduled execution of Brad Sigmon in South Carolina is set to be the first firing squad execution in the U.S. since 2010 and only the fourth since the death penalty was ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina inmate who is scheduled to die next week by firing squad is again asking that his execution be postponed and prison officials release more information about the ...