South Carolina inmate chooses firing squad for execution

South Carolina man set to face a firing squad seeks postponement, questioning execution procedures
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 state's lethal injection drug and procedures.
Condemned South Carolina killer chooses firing squad execution in what would be first use of that method in US in 15 years
Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad, a method of execution that has not been used in the U.S. in 15 years.
South Carolina Death Row Inmate Chooses to Be Executed by a Firing Squad
The state has never used that method to execute a prisoner. The last time an inmate was killed by a firing squad was in 2010 in Utah.
'Barbaric': Inmate chooses death by firing squad for execution in South Carolina next month
Brad Keith Sigmon is set to be executed by firing squad on March 7 for the 2001 beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents, David and Gladys Larke.
How will death by firing squad be carried out in South Carolina?
The South Carolina Department of Corrections shared an overview of the protocols ahead of the state's first firing squad execution.
Condemned South Carolina man chooses to die by firing squad
Brad Sigmon chose bullets over lethal injection or the electric chair, "which would burn and cook him alive," his attorney said.
South Carolina death row inmate chooses firing squad as execution method
A South Carolina death row inmate has chosen to be executed by a firing squad next month rather than by lethal injection or the electric chair.
'Barbaric' method of execution in South Carolina draws fierce opposition
Barbaric' method of execution in South Carolina draws fierce opposition
South Carolina killer chooses rarely-used execution method as electric chair would 'cook him alive'
Brad Sigmon, who used a baseball bat to kill his ex-girlfriend's parents at their home in Greenville County, California, didn't pick the electric chair because it would "burn and cook him alive"
SC man who requested execution by firing squad is fighting to stay alive
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South Carolina to carry out first US firing squad execution since 2010
"Unless he elected lethal injection or the firing squad, he would die in South Carolina's ancient electric chair, which would burn and cook him alive," King said in a statement. "But the ...