As South Carolina prepares for a firing squad execution, here are how many have gone wrong. Matthew T. Hall. Thu, February 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM UTC. 5 min read.

In recent years, South Carolina became one of five states that have legalized firing squads as an execution method, most recently Idaho in 2023. "It's safe to say since 1858 we've never had this ...

Along with Sigmon's firing squad death last month, three other South Carolina prisoners have been executed via lethal injection since September. The state now has 26 inmates on its death row.

South Carolina plans to execute its first prisoner by firing squad on March 7 inside the same death chamber it's used for dozens of other executions. Firearms experts say that could be risky.

The Utah Department of Corrections is now officially preparing for the firing squad execution of Ralph Leroy Menzies, the ...

The US has carried out 25 executions this year, with 60% concentrated in Florida, Texas, and South Carolina, while new death ...

FILE - This photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left ...

Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, is set to be executed Sept. 5 for abducting and killing Utah mother of three Maurine Hunsaker in ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A man who was put to death last month in South Carolina’s second firing squad execution was conscious and likely in extreme pain for as long as a minute after the bullets ...

South Carolina man Stephen Stanko died by lethal injection3. Stanko was convicted of killing his friend and girlfriend in April 2005, and also sexually assaulted his girlfriend's daughter.