The choice to die by firing squad – rather than lethal injection or the electric chair – was Mahdi’s own, his attorney said last month: “Faced with barbaric and inhumane choices ...

Before that, no person had been killed by a firing squad in the United States in 15 years. By Eduardo Medina South Carolina executed another convicted murderer by firing squad on Friday night ...

FILE - This photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair ...

Languages: English, Spanish. You can get in touch with Jesus by emailing [email protected] South Carolina is set to execute Brad Sigmon by firing squad on Friday, marking the first use of ...

A death chamber in Columbia, S.C., includes an electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP) ...

She is a graduate of Ithaca College. A South Carolina man convicted of a double murder is set to be executed by firing squad, marking the first use of this method in the state and the first in the ...