firing squad
On Friday at 6 p.m., Brad Sigmon, 67, is set to be executed by firing squad, marking the first U.S. execution by this method since 2010. Sigmon, convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat, chose this method over the electric chair or lethal injection, citing concerns over pain and secrecy surrounding drug […]
South Carolina’s House of Representatives voted to add firiing squads to it’s list of approved methods of execution. Death Row inmates in South Carolina previously had been given the option of the electric chair or death by lethal injection. According to AP, incarcerated individuals facing the death penalty often would choose to die by lethal […]
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