A South Carolina man has been executed by firing squad, becoming the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by this method.

A convicted double murderer has been executed by firing squad, the first such execution in the United States since 2010, ...

For United Methodist minister Hillary Taylor, there's a reward in introducing outsiders to someone who is kind and ...

Brad Sigmon has been executed by firing squad. He had used his final words to call upon Christians to end the death penalty. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

One of the three media witnesses to the execution of Brad Sigmon in South Carolina on Friday describes what he saw.

Kate Nalepinski is a Newsweek journalist based in New York City. Kate joined Newsweek in May 2024. She is a graduate of Ithaca College. A South Carolina man convicted of a double murder is set to ...

Brad Sigmon, 67, was executed at 6:05 p.m ... The death row inmate's only remaining choice was a firing squad, an execution method with a long and violent history in the U.S. and around the ...

Friday's execution was the first by firing squad in modern South Carolina history and only the fourth in the U.S. since 1977. Sigmon's attorney called it a "bloody spectacle." ...

Three volunteer South Carolina prison employees will be the firing squad used to execute condemned killer Brad Sigmon on ...

A South Carolina man convicted of a double murder is set to be executed by firing squad, marking the first use of this method in the state and the first in the U.S. since 2010. Brad Keith Sigmon, 67, ...

The execution of Brad Sigmon, 67, by the South Carolina Department of Corrections on Friday is only the fourth firing squad execution in the US since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976 ...

South Carolina has executed Brad Sigmon, the fourth inmate to be put to death by the state since executions resumed in ...