U.S. Firing Squad Executions Are Rare, but Their History Is Long
During the Civil War, both sides used firing squads to kill deserting soldiers. Today, people on death row can choose to die ...
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 ...
South Carolina killer chooses death by firing squad, marking first shooting execution in 15 years
Only three inmates in the U.S. have been executed by firing squad since 1976, with the last execution in 2010.
'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.
Greenville man on South Carolina's death row chooses firing squad for March 7 execution
Brad Sigmon made the choice after the state Supreme Court denied a stay request based on questions about the effectiveness of lethal injection ...