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

A death row inmate who is terrified of the electric chair and being "tortured by lethal injection" has been granted the ...

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 ...

CHARLOTTE — A man on death row in South Carolina chose a brutal form for his execution, but he’s still fighting to stay alive ...

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

Lawyers filed a motion to halt proceedings to determine whether the information the state provides about its lethal injection ...

The justices on Friday rejected a request from Brad Sigmon's lawyers ... in the electric chair or by a firing squad. “With the information currently available to Mr. Sigmon, he cannot begin ...

This undated image provided by shows Brad Sigmon, convicted of beating to death his estranged ... S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left. (South Carolina Department ...

According to court documents, Brad Sigmon, 67, is scheduled to die on March 7. Sigmon was convicted of murder in the 2001 deaths of David and Gladys Larke and the kidnapping of their daughter ...