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

Firing squads have a long and storied history in the U.S. They've served as a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way ...

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

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

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

Three volunteer South Carolina prison employees will be the firing squad used to execute condemned killer Brad Sigmon on ...

Not much is known about the people who will fire the rifles. Prison officials said they have "completed all required training." ...

South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in ...

Now, a team of sharpshooters is practicing its aim for what is poised to be the first firing squad execution in the state’s history on Friday. Death by firing squad remains an extremely uncommon ...

FILE - The gurney used for lethal injections sits in a small cinder block building at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, Atlanta, Sept. 7, 2007. (Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal ...

HOUSTON (AP) — South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in the U.S. in nearly 15 years. Since the Supreme Court ...