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

They were the glue of their small-town South Carolina family of five children and a growing number of grandchildren before ...

I view the firing squad as a more humane way to carry out executions for those on death row, because it is quick and certain, ...

A South Carolina inmate is set to die by firing squad Friday, a rare execution method in the United States that experts say ...

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

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

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

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

Brad Sigmon, 67, personally requested the unusual punishment after fearing the electric chair would “burn and cook him alive, ...

Hanging was the execution method of choice throughout most of American history, and it was used in America’s last public execution in 1936, when Rainey Bethea was put to death in Owensboro, Kentucky.

A man on death row will become South Carolina's first ever execution by firing squad later this week after revealing why he ...

If Sigmon's execution moves forward, he will become the first inmate in South Carolina executed by firing squad in modern ...