Even so, his execution would not have been particularly noteworthy except for the fact that it was carried out by firing squad. Before Sigmon, no one had been put to death that way in the past 15 ...

Attorneys for Jessie Hoffman Jr. argues Louisiana is using the inmate as a test for the nitrogen method that has only been ...

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

I want my closing statement to be one of love and a calling to my fellow Christians to help us end the death penalty,” Brad ...

As South Carolina prepared to carry out the first execution by firing squad in the U.S. since 2010, Catholic activists ...

South Carolina executed Brad Sigmon by firing squad on March 7, marking its first use of the execution method.

Imagine being given a choice on how you die, but the options are limited to electrocution, lethal injection or a firing squad ...

A reporter who witnessed Brad Sigmon's death behind a bullet-proof window noted that it would be 'etched' in his mind forever ...

I want my closing statement to be one of love and a calling to my fellow Christians to help us end the death penalty,” Brad ...

Deputies warn of new scam calls in Anderson Co. A South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years ...

A South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat was executed by firing squad Friday, the ...

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