South Carolina is scheduled next week to be the first state in 15 years and only the third in 49 to carry out an execution by ...

A South Carolina man who is scheduled to die next week by firing squad is again asking that his execution be postponed and ...

Brad Sigmon’s attorneys filed a motion on Wednesday after an autopsy report showed the last inmate's execution took more than ...

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 ...

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 ...

Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte proposed the changes last week in her budget address. Also in the news: Montana, Iowa, Texas, Maryland, and South Carolina.

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.

A convicted murderer in South Carolina has chosen to die next month by a firing squad, a method of execution that has not ...