South Carolina, Execution by firing squad and Inmate

'Barbaric': Inmate chooses death by firing squad for execution in South Carolina next month
Brad Keith Sigmon is set to be executed by firing squad on March 7 for the 2001 beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents, David and Gladys Larke.
South Carolina Death Row Inmate Chooses to Be Executed by a Firing Squad
The state has never used that method to execute a prisoner. The last time an inmate was killed by a firing squad was in 2010 in Utah.
South Carolina death row inmate asking for postponed execution to obtain autopsy from state's last execution
A South Carolina death row inmate is again asking for his execution to be postponed since his lawyers have not received the autopsy report from the last execution two weeks ago.
South Carolina death row inmate chooses to die by firing squad
A death row inmate in South Carolina has chosen a firing squad for his execution. Brad Sigmon was convicted of murdering two people during a 2002 burglary in Greenville County. A jury found Sigmon guilty of beating the parents of his estranged girlfriend to death with a baseball bat.
Upstate death row inmate chooses to die by firing squad
Brad Sigmon was convicted of brutally killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents in Greenville County in 2001. He beat the husband and wife with a baseball bat. They were in separate rooms of their home and Sigmon went back and forth attacking them as he realized each one was still alive, investigators said.
Condemned South Carolina Killer Chooses to Be Executed by Firing Squad
On Friday, he became the first South Carolina inmate to choose the state’s new firing squad over lethal injection or the electric chair. Only three inmates in the U.S. have been executed by firing squad since 1976.
South Carolina killer chooses death by firing squad, marking first shooting execution in 15 years
Only three inmates in the U.S. have been executed by firing squad since 1976, with the last execution in 2010.
Alert: South Carolina inmate chooses firing squad for execution, marking the first time the method would be used in the state
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Brad Sigmon's legal team seeks execution stay, citing mental illness and trial failures
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Man on death row in South Carolina seeks postponement to get autopsy from last execution
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