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.
Upstate death row inmate chooses to die by firing squad
Brad Sigmon was convicted of brutally killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents in Greenville County in 2001. He beat the husband and wife with a baseball bat. They were in separate rooms of their home and Sigmon went back and forth attacking them as he realized each one was still alive, investigators said.
Man Chooses Firing Squad for Execution, Would Be US's First in 15 Years
Sigmon is the first inmate in SC to select the state's newly implemented firing squad over lethal injection or electric chair.
Condemned South Carolina Killer Chooses to Be Executed by Firing Squad
On Friday, he became the first South Carolina inmate to choose the state’s new firing squad over lethal injection or the electric chair. Only three inmates in the U.S. have been executed by firing squad since 1976.
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.
Alert: South Carolina inmate chooses firing squad for execution, marking the first time the method would be used in the state
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SC condemned inmate selects death by firing squad, a first since the state legalized it
Brad Sigmon, 67, was sentenced to death for fatally beating his ex-girlfriend's parents while trying to kidnap the woman in Greenville County in 2001.
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