'Barbaric': Inmate chooses death by firing squad for execution in South Carolina next month
Brad Keith Sigmon is set to be executed by firing squad on March 7 for the 2001 beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents, David and Gladys Larke.
Condemned South Carolina killer chooses to be executed by firing squad
Only three inmates in the US have been executed by firing squad since 1976. All were in Utah, with the last one taking place in 2010.
South Carolina Death Row Inmate Chooses to Be Executed by a Firing Squad
The state has never used that method to execute a prisoner. The last time an inmate was killed by a firing squad was in 2010 in Utah.
SC death row inmate chooses firing squad as method of execution
The next inmate set to be put to death will be the first to die by firing squad in South Carolina. Brad Sigmon is set to be executed on March 7 for the 2001 baseball bat killings of his ex-girlfriend’s parents at their home in Greenville County.
SC condemned inmate selects death by firing squad, a first since the state legalized it
Brad Sigmon, 67, was sentenced to death for fatally beating his ex-girlfriend's parents while trying to kidnap the woman in Greenville County in 2001.
South Carolina death row inmate chooses to die by firing squad
A death row inmate in South Carolina has chosen a firing squad for his execution. Brad Sigmon was convicted of murdering two people during a 2002 burglary in Greenville County. A jury found Sigmon guilty of beating the parents of his estranged girlfriend to death with a baseball bat.
South Carolina killer chooses death by firing squad, marking first shooting execution in 15 years
Only three inmates in the U.S. have been executed by firing squad since 1976, with the last execution in 2010.
Man Chooses Firing Squad for Execution, Would Be US's First in 15 Years
Sigmon is the first inmate in SC to select the state's newly implemented firing squad over lethal injection or electric chair.
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