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South Carolina, firing squad

The Associated Press on MSN · 12h

South Carolina Supreme Court rejects man's final appeal, clearing way for firing squad execution

The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of condemned man Brad Sigmon, clearing the way for Friday's firing squad execution.

The State on MSN · 5h

South Carolina will execute Brad Sigmon by firing squad. Here’s how it will be done

Brad Sigmon will be the first person executed by firing squad in South Carolina and the oldest person ever put to death in the state.

New York Post on MSN · 16h

South Carolina double killer to die by firing squad in first execution of its kind in 15 years

Brad Sigmon, 67, personally requested the unusual punishment after fearing the electric chair would “burn and cook him alive,” his attorney Gerald King wrote in a statement.

7don MSN

South Carolina man set to face a firing squad seeks postponement, questioning execution procedures

If the execution is carried out as planned, Sigmon is to be strapped to a chair in the death chamber and have a hood placed ...

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South Carolina man to be executed by firing squad, nation’s first in 15 years

Only three people have been executed by firing squad in the U.S. since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.

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