Firing squad execution planned in South Carolina

Firing squad execution scheduled next week in South Carolina
South Carolina is scheduled next week to be the first state in 15 years and only the third in 49 to carry out an execution by firing squad. Brad Sigmon, 67, is on death row for the 2001 beating death with a baseball bat of his former girlfriend’s parents in Greenville County.
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If the execution is carried out as planned, Sigmon is to be strapped to a chair in the death chamber and have a hood placed over his head and a target placed over his heart. Three volunteers, all with live ammunition, would then fire at him through a small opening about 15 feet (4.6 meters) away.
Condemned South Carolina killer chooses firing squad execution in what would be first use of that method in US in 15 years
Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad, a method of execution that has not been used in the U.S. in 15 years.
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Brad Sigmon, set for execution by firing squad on March 7, seeks a delay, citing concerns over South Carolina’s lethal injection process. If carried out, it would be the first U.S. firing squad execution since 2010.
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Brad Sigmon chose bullets over lethal injection or the electric chair, "which would burn and cook him alive," his attorney said.
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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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In 2024, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that firing squad was a constitutional method of carrying out executions.
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A South Carolina inmate on death row has chosen to be executed by a firing squad, according to multiple reports. If chosen, he will be the first person to die by a firing squad in the United States in 15 years.
Greenville man on South Carolina's death row chooses firing squad for March 7 execution
Brad Sigmon made the choice after the state Supreme Court denied a stay request based on questions about the effectiveness of lethal injection
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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.
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