Between 2021 and 2023, 100% of all executions in the U.S. were done by lethal injection. In the last year and a half, 16% ...

Stephen Stanko, a convicted murderer, chose after courts denied him more information about South Carolina's firing squad and ...

A new law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis allows more methods of execution for people convicted of capital crimes.

Brad Keith Sigmon, a 67-year-old inmate in South Carolina, is scheduled to be executed by firing squad as an alternative to lethal injection amid drug shortages; the video examines the historical use, ...

Our politicians want tough-guy credit for killing killers, while detaching themselves from the reality of their decisions.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected a request from an inmate set to die next month for more information on the ...

Brad Sigmon’s execution will be the first by firing squad. Just three inmates — in Utah in 1977, 1996 and 2010 — have faced a firing squad in the U.S. since the death penalty was reinstated ...

Mahdi chose to be executed by firing squad over lethal injection or electrocution ... obliterated heart In contrast the autopsy on Brad Sigmon, the first man killed by firing squad in the state ...

In contrast, the autopsy on Brad Sigmon, the first man killed ... electric chair or firing squad. Sigmon's execution was the first by firing squad in 15 years anywhere in the U.S., and the fourth ...

Brad Sigmon had three options: die by firing squad ... Row inmates can choose among firing squad, electric chair and lethal injection for their executions. If they don't select one, the default ...

Arden compared Mahdi's wounds to Brad Sigmon's, the first South Carolina man to be executed by firing squad in the state on March 7. Sigmon's execution marked the first death by firing squad in ...

Mahdi, 42, was executed after admitting he killed ... obliterated heart In contrast the autopsy on Brad Sigmon, the first man killed by firing squad in the state, showed three distinct bullet ...