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.

A convicted double murderer has been executed by firing squad – the first such execution in the United States since 2010, according to the South Carolina Department of Corrections. The execution ...

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 evening – a method used for the first time in 15 years ...

BOISE, Idaho — Death by firing squad could become Idaho's primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor's desk this week. The Idaho Senate passed the bill on Wednesday ...

A South Carolina man was executed by firing squad Friday — the first execution of its kind in the U.S. since 2010 and just the fourth firing squad execution since the death penalty resumed in ...

A firing squad in South Carolina executed Brad Keith Sigmon on Friday for the beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents, marking the first firing squad execution in the state in modern history ...

By Jeffrey Collins Jeffrey Collins, a reporter for The Associated Press, was one of the three media witnesses to the execution of Brad Sigmon by firing squad. He has covered executions in South ...

None of the previous 10 prepared me for watching the firing squad death of Brad Sigmon on Friday night. I might now be unique among U.S. reporters: I've witnessed three different methods — nine ...

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Brad Sigmon is the fourth death row inmate to be executed by firing squad since the US reinstated capital punishment in 1976 (Picture:AP/Reuters) A double-murderer quoted the Bible and called on ...

The atmosphere will be much more welcoming on Saturday when the Demon Deacons honor five seniors, including their top four scorers: Sallis (18.2 points per game), Hildreth (14.9), Tre'Von Spillers ...

Brad Sigmon became the first man to die by firing squad in 15 years. NBC News’ Zinhle Essamuah reports on the three-person squad that executed him Friday night.March 8, 2025 ...