Firing squad executes Brad Keith Sigmon in South Carolina in 'bloody spectacle' The execution was the first by firing squad in modern South Carolina history and the first in the U.S. since 2010.

If Sigmon's execution moves forward, he will become the first inmate in South Carolina executed by firing squad in modern history and the fourth in the U.S. since 1977.

This Feb. 6, 2014, photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows Brad Sigmon. The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, ...

Brad Sigmon, 67, was sentenced to death in 2001 for the murders of his ex-girlfriend’s parents, Gladys and David Larke South Carolina Department of Corrections ...

Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad. He would be the first U.S. inmate shot to death in an execution in 15 years.

Brad Keith Sigmon, who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents in South Carolina, opted for the firing squad over the electric chair and lethal injection.

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 US in 15 years. Sigmon is scheduled to die on March 7 .

“Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,” Brad Sigmon testified at his trial in July 2002. “I am guilty.” The South Carolina killer was placed on death row after pleading guilty to the double ...

Brad Keith Sigmon called for an end to the death penalty before he was executed by firing squad in South Carolina on Friday. Why It Matters. The death penalty is a legal form of criminal ...

South Carolina man Brad Sigmon is executed by firing squad, the first US prisoner killed by this method in 15 years. Gov. Henry McMaster has declined to grant clemency for Brad Sigmon.