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.

A man on death row will become South Carolina's first ever execution by firing squad later this week after revealing why he chose the gruesome execution method. Brad Sigmon was put on death row back in 2002 after being convicted for the double murder of his ex Rebecca Barbre's parents in South Carolina.

Brad Sigmon’s attorneys asked the court to reconsider an earlier delay denial based on questions about the effectiveness of the lethal injection drug