CBS News27d
South Carolina's first firing squad execution will involve a target, volunteer shooters and special bullets
It will be three people holding rifles about 15 feet away who will complete his punishment in what will be the United States' first firing squad execution in 15 years. Some 46 prisoners have been ...
The New York Times24d
South Carolina Executes Inmate by Firing Squad
By Eduardo Medina Reporting from Columbia, S.C. The state of South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing squad on Friday night in the first such execution in the United States since 2010.
New York Daily News27d
South Carolina man to be executed by firing squad, nation’s first in 15 years
A South Carolina man is set to die by firing squad Friday evening, marking the nation’s first such execution since 2010. Brad Sigmon, 67, chose the firing squad over death by lethal injection or ...
UPI24d
For first time in 15 years, state executes man by firing squad
March 7 (UPI) --For the first time in 15 years, a state has put a person to death by firing squad. Late Friday, South Carolina used a firing squad to execute a man convicted of double murder.