An Associated Press journalist served as media eyewitness to the execution of Brad Sigmon by firing squad Friday in South ...

A South Carolina man convicted in a double murder in 2002 died Friday by firing squad, marking the first time that execution ...

South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing squad on Friday, the first use of the method in the United States in ...

One of the media witnesses to Friday night’s execution, the first ever in the state to use a firing squad, provided his ...

Brad Sigmon, 67, elected to die by firing squad, citing concerns about the suffering he would endure if he picked lethal ...

Brad Sigmon, who admitted to killing his ex-girlfriend's parents, said he chose to die by bullets because he considered the ...

Brad Sigmon, sentenced for a 2001 double murder, chose to be executed by firing squad because of concerns about lethal ...

Friday's execution was the first by firing squad in modern South Carolina history and only the fourth in the U.S. since 1977.

Brad Sigmon will only be the fourth person executed by firing squad in the United States since the death penalty resumed ...

The last time such an execution took place was 15 years ago, in Utah. The South Carolina inmate chose the method because of ...

South Carolina is set to execute a death row inmate by firing squad on Friday, a first for the state and the first firing ...

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