A South Carolina man convicted in a double murder in 2002 died Friday by firing squad, a rarely used execution method never before carried out by the state. Brad Sigmon, 67, was pronounced dead at ...

Brad Sigmon had three options: die by firing squad, die by electrocution or die by a new lethal injection drug. He chose the firing squad. Mikal Mahdi made the same choice. South Carolina executed ...

A South Carolina man executed last month by firing squad may have suffered for an extended period of time before dying because shooters largely missed his heart, an autopsy commissioned by the state ...

GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) — A South Carolina man is scheduled to be executed Friday by firing squad. Sigmon’s execution will be the first firing squad execution in the U.S. in 15 years, and the ...

Read full article: Probe that led to suspension of 4 Miami cops began with deputy’s drug trafficking arrest: Sources COLUMBIA, S.C. – A South Carolina man who was twice sentenced to die for killing ...

Defense attorneys for an inmate put to death by firing squad last month have filed a notice of information with the South Carolina Supreme Court to show what they call the unconstitutionality of Mahdi ...