Sigmon was seated and restrained in a metal chair, a hood over his head, in the corner of a room shared by the state's electric chair, according to the execution witnesses. The firing squad team ...
He was strapped to a metal chair in a corner of the room, sitting 15 feet from a wall with a rectangular opening. Behind that wall was the three-person firing squad, facing Mr. Sigmon through the ...
In 2022, the South Carolina Department of Corrections detailed the room setup and protocols for how a firing squad execution would be carried out. The rifles used by the three-member firing squad ...
Editor's note: Brad Keith Sigmon was executed Friday by firing squad. Follow along here ... in the corner of a room shared by the state's electric chair, "which can't be moved," according to ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina man convicted in a double murder in 2002 died Friday by firing squad, a rarely used execution method never before carried out by the state. Brad Sigmon ...
A South Carolina man was executed by firing squad Friday — the first execution ... Associated Press reporter Jeffrey Collins, who were in the room, recalled at a news briefing.
A South Carolina man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat in 2001 was executed by firing squad early Friday ... seated in a room separated from the chamber by ...
The Supreme Court denied a death row inmate’s last-ditch effort to avoid execution Friday night, clearing the way for the first execution by firing squad in the United States in 15 years.
Inmates may choose among injection, electrocution or the firing squad. I witnessed Freddie Owens being put to death Sept. 20. He locked eyes with every witness in the room. I saw Richard Moore die ...
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A convicted double murderer has been executed by firing squad in the first use of the method in the US for 15 years. Brad Sigmon, 67, chose to be killed by bullets, saying he feared the ...
Antetokounmpo, the league’s leading vote-getter for the 2025 NBA all-star games, was on hand for the festivities and watched his team beat Smith’s “young stars” squad 41-32. Along with ...