A South Carolina man has been executed by firing squad, becoming the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by this method.

South Carolina has executed Brad Sigmon, the fourth inmate to be put to death by the state since executions resumed in ...

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

Brad Sigmon, convicted of a brutal 2001 double murder, was executed by firing squad after fighting to avoid the electric ...

Friday's execution was the first by firing squad in modern South Carolina history and only the fourth in the U.S. since 1977. Sigmon's attorney called it a "bloody spectacle." ...

Three volunteer corrections staff members will point rifles at Sigmon's chest and fire live rounds as he sits strapped to a ...

Marion Bowman Jr. was executed at 6:27 p.m. Bowman ... Friday’s execution was the third in South Carolina since September as the state ended a 13-year pause in executions caused in part because ...

South Carolina plans to execute Marion Bowman Jr. on Friday for the Feb. 16, 2001, shooting death of 21-year-old Kandee Martin, who was killed five days before her son's second birthday.

Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad, a method of execution that has ...

South Carolina plans to execute Marion Bowman Jr. on Friday for the Feb. 16, 2001, shooting death of 21-year-old Kandee Martin, who was killed five days before her son's second birthday. Police found ...