Friday's execution was the first by firing squad in modern South Carolina history and only the fourth in the U.S. since 1977.

The last execution by firing squad in the U.S. occurred in Utah in 2010 when Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed for a 1984 murder. Utah remains the only state that has used this method since the U.S.

Brad Sigmon, who admitted to killing his ex-girlfriend's parents, said he chose to die by bullets because he considered the ...

Jeffrey Collins was one of three media witnesses for the firing squad execution of Brad Sigmon. He has been a witness to 11 ...

Three volunteer corrections staff members will point rifles at Sigmon's chest and fire live rounds as he sits strapped to a chair, a hood over his head.

Brad Sigmon will be the first person executed by firing squad in South Carolina and the oldest person ever put to death in ...

Brad Sigmon, convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat, is set to be executed this evening by a ...

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.

South Carolina has killed death row inmate Brad Sigmon, 67, in the first firing squad execution in the U.S. in 15 years.

Brad Sigmon is only the fourth person executed by firing squad in the United States since the death penalty resumed ...

Death row inmate convicted of the double murder of David and Gladys Larke has chosen to die by firing squad over fears the ...