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South Carolina to execute man by firing squad

Fox Carolina on MSN · 1h

South Carolina set to execute prisoner in state’s first firing squad execution

When the clock strikes 6 Friday evening, a South Carolina man will walk into the death chamber, be strapped into a chair and have a target placed over his heart.

Fox News on MSN · 3h

South Carolina convict inches closer to first US death by firing squad in 15 years

A South Carolina convict who brutally killed his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat in 2001 is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on Friday – the first execution of its kind in U.S. in 15 years.

USA TODAY · 7h

A firing squad is executing Brad Keith Sigmon in South Carolina today. What to know.

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

4h

Macabre state of U.S. capital punishment leads death row prisoner to 'choose' firing squad

South Carolina’s execution law says prisoners will be killed by electrocution unless they choose the firing squad or lethal injection.

Greenville News on MSN13d

Greenville man on South Carolina's death row chooses firing squad for March 7 execution

making him the first person to be executed by this method in South Carolina since the reinstatement of the death ...

2don MSN

The US is killing someone by firing squad for the 1st time in 15 years. Here’s a look at the history

Firing squads have a long and storied history in the U.S. They've served as a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way ...

Death Penalty in America: A Look at Obscure Execution Methods

South Carolina plans to execute a man by firing squad, a method not used in the U.S. for 15 years. Since 1976, lethal ...

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