SC death row inmate chooses firing squad as method of execution
The next inmate set to be put to death will be the first to die by firing squad in South Carolina. Brad Sigmon is set to be executed on March 7 for the 2001 baseball bat killings of his ex-girlfriend’s parents at their home in Greenville County.
Man Chooses Firing Squad for Execution, Would Be US's First in 15 Years
Sigmon is the first inmate in SC to select the state's newly implemented firing squad over lethal injection or electric chair.
Arizona Considers Firing Squads for Executions Amid Lethal Injection Issues
Arizona lawmakers consider reinstating the firing squad as a death penalty method because of issues with lethal injections. House committee passed a relevant bill, which now progresses through the legislature.
Arizona bill for executions by firing squad advances in State Capitol due to concerns with lethal injections
Arizona's House committee advances a bill proposing firing squads for executions, citing flaws in the lethal injection process.
Bill advances to bring back firing squads in Arizona
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Idaho bill making firing squads primary form of execution heads to the Senate
Supporters of the bill focused their arguments on efficiency, while some opponents cite a lack of data could bring potential litigation.
Idaho legislature advances bill making firing squad primary execution method
Idaho could soon designate the firing squad as the state's primary method of execution, replacing lethal injection.House bill 37 advancing in th
Bill to make firing squad main method of execution in Idaho moves to Senate floor
A bill to make death by firing squad the main method of execution in Idaho is moving to the Senate floor for a vote after passing the Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee on Wednesday afternoon.
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 ...
Condemned South Carolina killer chooses to be executed by firing squad
Only three inmates in the US have been executed by firing squad since 1976. All were in Utah, with the last one taking place ...
Judge says lethal injection doesn’t violate rights of man on death row, avoids firing squad question
A federal judge has ruled against a man on Georgia’s death row who argued that lethal injection could cause him excruciating ...
Upstate death row inmate chooses to die by firing squad
Brad Sigmon was convicted of brutally killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents in Greenville County in 2001. He beat the husband ...
Drug used in SC’s executions might cause unnecessary pain, suffering, Justice Dept. warns
Both the federal government and South Carolina carry out the lethal injections using a single drug, pentobarbital, a powerful ...
SC condemned inmate selects death by firing squad, a first since the state legalized it
Brad Sigmon, 67, was sentenced to death for fatally beating his ex-girlfriend's parents while trying to kidnap the woman in ...
Arkansas proposes bill to allow executions by nitrogen hypoxia
Arkansas is one among several other states that are looking to replace their way of carrying out capital punishment by using ...
In first for state, South Carolina death row inmate elects to die by firing squad
In 2024, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that firing squad was a constitutional method of carrying out executions.
Five years after last execution, Tennessee attorney general looks to resume killings
The Tennessee Attorney General's Office is asking the state Supreme Court to set execution dates for five people on death row ...