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South Carolina, firing squad and Death Row Inmate Chooses

CNN on MSN · 1d

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.

The New York Times · 2d

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.

NBC News on MSN · 1d

Condemned South Carolina man chooses to die by firing squad

An inmate on South Carolina's death row has chosen to die on March 7 by firing squad, his lawyer said Friday. Brad Sigmon, 67, who was convicted in 2002 of killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents, would be the first condemned prisoner to be executed by that method in South Carolina and the first inmate to die by firing squad in the U.

WYFF 4 Greenville-Spartanburg on MSN1d

'Barbaric' method of execution in South Carolina draws fierce opposition

Nearly 15 years since the country's last firing squad death, an inmate in South Carolina elects to be shot to death.

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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 ...

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