A firing squad in South Carolina executed Brad Keith Sigmon on Friday for the beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents, marking the first firing squad execution in the state in modern history ...

Sigmon executed by firing squad in South Carolina Execution method chosen due to fear of electric chair, lethal injection Supreme Court denied Sigmon's petition to halt his killing COLUMBIA, South ...

Brad Sigmon, 67, was executed at 6:05 p.m. Friday, and pronounced dead at 6:08 p.m., according to the South Carolina Department of Corrections. He had been strapped into a chair with a target ...