30 h. ago Firing Squad Execution Witness Recounts Experience: A Rifle Crack, Then Silence

One of the three media witnesses to the execution of Brad Sigmon in South Carolina on Friday describes what he saw.

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3 d. ago South Carolina death row inmate to be executed by firing squad, first in US in 15 years

South Carolina death row inmate to be executed by firing squad, first in US in 15 years  CNN

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3 d. ago Brad Sigmon: South Carolina death row inmate to be executed by firing squad, first in US in 15 years

Brad Sigmon: South Carolina death row inmate to be executed by firing squad, first in US in 15 years  CNN

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3 d. ago Brad Sigmon: South Carolina man to be executed by firing squad

Brad Sigmon: South Carolina man to be executed by firing squad  BBC.com

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2 w. ago South Carolina death row inmate chooses firing squad as execution method

A South Carolina death row inmate has chosen to be executed by a firing squad next month rather than by lethal injection or the electric chair.

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2 w. ago 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.

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