Death by firing squad could become Idaho’s primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor’s desk this week.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of condemned man Brad Sigmon, clearing the way ...

The inmate chose to be executed by firing squad over the two other methods in South Carolina — the electric chair and lethal ...

Brad Keith Sigmon, who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents in South Carolina, opted for the firing squad ...

A man is set to face execution by firing squad in South Carolina later this week. Brad Keith Sigmon, 76, was sentenced to ...

Brad Sigmon, 67, convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2001, is scheduled to be executed on March 7.

It was a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way to discourage desertion during the Civil War and a dose of frontier ...

A year ago, the state of Idaho failed to execute a prisoner for the very first time. Senate lawmakers responded at the ...

A man is set to face execution by firing squad in South Carolina later this week. Brad Keith Sigmon, 76, was sentenced to ...

A bill that would make the firing squad Idaho's primary form of execution has passed the Senate.The firing squad is already a ...

Only five states allow firing squads for executions. But the firing squad isn’t the primary death penalty method in any of ...