Friday's execution was the first by firing squad in modern South Carolina history and only the fourth in the U.S. since 1977.
Brad Sigmon, 67, was put to death by firing squad at 6.05pm on Friday at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia ...
During his last words Friday, Sigmon listed four Bible quotes that he said showed ... when Utah executed Ronnie Lee Gardner for killing a man during a robbery. Both other firing squad executions ...