Barring any late developments, the U.S. is set to see its first execution by firing squad in 15 years on March 7, 2025.

Brad Sigmon, a 67-year-old inmate, is scheduled for execution by firing squad in South Carolina, marking the first such case ...

Some 46 prisoners have been executed by lethal injection and electrocution in South Carolina since 1985. Brad Sigmon's execution will be the first by firing squad. Just three inmates — in Utah in 1977 ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of condemned man Brad ...

Unless the governor or the U.S. Supreme Court grants him a last-minute reprieve, Brad Sigmon, 67, will be the first person to die by firing squad in the U.S. since 2010 — and just the fourth since the ...

A South Carolina inmate petitioned the courts for execution by firing squad—and won. His execution is set for March 7.

When the clock strikes 6 Friday evening, a South Carolina man will walk into the death chamber, be strapped into a chair and have a target placed over his heart.

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

Unless the governor or the U.S. Supreme Court grants him a last-minute reprieve, Brad Sigmon, 67, will be the first person to ...

Death by firing squad could become Idaho’s primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor’s desk. The Idaho Senate passed the bill on Wednesday, and it will ...

Brad Sigmon was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2001. He chose the firing squad over the electric chair ...

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 ...