South Carolina man set to face a firing squad seeks postponement, questioning execution procedures
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 ...
Autopsy shows last man executed in SC effectively drowned, lawyers for next condemned man say
Attorneys for Brad Sigmon, the next S.C. death row inmate, raised concerns in a Feb. 26 court filing over the autopsy report ...
S.C. man who requested execution by firing squad is fighting to stay alive
Brad Sigmon was convicted of beating two people to death with a baseball bat, and he’s scheduled to be executed in weeks. But ...
Firing squad execution planned in South Carolina: Is the method making a return?
Brad Sigmon, set for execution by firing squad on March 7, seeks a delay, citing concerns over South Carolina’s lethal ...
Condemned South Carolina killer chooses firing squad execution in what would be first use of that method in US in 15 years
Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad, a method of execution that has ...
Opinion
By killing Brad Sigmon by firing squad, South Carolina will revert to our uncivilized roots | Opinion
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.” ...
SC death row inmate seeks stay of execution after autopsy reports
Attorneys for death row inmate Brad Sigmon have filed a motion with the South Carolina Supreme Court requesting a stay of his execution.
Condemned Murderer May Be First Person in 15 Years to Be Executed by Firing Squad in U.S.
A South Carolina inmate on death row has chosen to be executed by a firing squad, according to multiple reports. If chosen, ...
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.
Condemned SC inmate asks court to stop March 7 execution, hear evidence about mental illness
Brad Sigmon was sentenced to death for fatally beating the parents of his ex-girlfriend while trying to kidnap the woman in ...
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 ...
Greenville man on South Carolina's death row chooses firing squad for March 7 execution
Brad Sigmon made the choice after the state Supreme Court denied a stay request based on questions about the effectiveness of ...