An eyewitness to South Carolina's recent execution by firing squad described the event as "more violent"and much "faster" ...

South Carolina executed Brad Sigmon by firing squad on March 7, marking its first use of the execution method.

Brad Sigmon, a convicted double murderer, was executed by firing squad in South Carolina, marking the first use of the method in the US for 15 years.

Since 1977 only three other prisoners in the US have been executed by firing squad. All were in Utah, most recently Ronnie Lee Gardner in 2010. Another Utah man, Ralph Menzies, could be next; he is ...

Before Sigmon, Ronnie Lee Gardner was one of three prisoners executed by firing squad, all of them in Utah, since the US Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. His brother ...

South Carolina has executed Brad Sigmon, the fourth inmate to be put to death by the state since executions resumed in ...

There have only been three other people executed via firing squad in the U.S. since 1977, the most recent being Ronnie Lee Gardner in 2010, according to the AP. All three deaths occurred in Utah, and ...

Brad Sigmon chose to be the first person executed in the U.S. by firing squad in 15 years because he believed the alternatives — lethal injection and electrocution — are more horrific.

Since 1977 only three other prisoners in the U.S. have been executed by firing squad. All were in Utah, most recently Ronnie ...

All were in Utah, most recently Ronnie Lee Gardner in 2010. Another Utah man, Ralph Menzies, could be next; he is awaiting the result of a hearing in which his lawyers argued that his dementia ...

Article continues below The last man to be executed by firing squad in the US was Ronnie Lee Gardner in 2010, who had murdered a man during an attempted escape from a courthouse in 1985.