South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing squad on Friday, the first use of the method in the United States in ...

The Supreme Court denied a death row inmate’s last-ditch effort to avoid execution Friday night, clearing the way for the ...

The last execution by firing squad in the U.S. occurred in Utah in 2010 when Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed for a 1984 ...

A South Carolina man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat is to be put to death by firing ...

South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die by firing squad March 7, a first for the state after he raised doubts ...

A man convicted of a double murder is scheduled to be executed in South Carolina Friday night by firing squad - a method that ...

Inmate Brad Sigmon chose death by firing squad, saying he has concerns about the drugs used in lethal injections.

A South Carolina inmate is set to die by firing squad Friday, a rare execution method in the United States that experts say may be making a comeback in more states as lethal injection drugs become ...

Brad Sigmon will only be the fourth person executed by firing squad in the United States since the death penalty resumed ...

Not much is known about the people who will fire the rifles. Prison officials said they have "completed all required training." ...

Brad Sigmon, 67, has opted not to die by electrocution or lethal injection in his planned March 7 execution. The last firing ...

After a spate of botched executions involving lethal injection, a condemned South Carolina man decided he'd prefer a firing ...