Opinion editor Matthew T. Hall explores the history of firing squads in the U.S. ahead of South Carolina’s planned execution ...

Brad Sigmon will be put to death on March 7 after being convicted of battering his ex-girlfriend's parents to death at their ...

If the execution is carried out as planned, Sigmon is to be strapped to a chair in the death chamber and have a hood placed ...

Brad Sigmon, set for execution by firing squad on March 7, seeks a delay, citing concerns over South Carolina’s lethal ...

Brad Sigmon was convicted of beating two people to death with a baseball bat, and he’s scheduled to be executed in weeks. But ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — 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.

Strapping a man to a chair and shooting him is murder,” columnist Issac J. Bailey writes. “It’s not justice even if it’s supposedly done in the name of the government.” ...

COLUMBIA - Condemned inmate Brad Sigmon chooses firing squad execution over lethal injection or electric chair, citing ...

Gerald 'Bo' King, Brad Sigmon's lawyer, says the 67-year-old's decision to die from firing squad comes as he's run out of options. Sigmon was sentenced to death for the double murder of his ...