The return of the firing squad is a defeat for death penalty supporters | Austin Sarat

found 2025 › Apr › 15 (Tue) @ 12:40 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

The method is a vivid reminder of the brutality of state killing. That undermines the pro-capital-punishment narrative

On 11 April, South Carolina executed Mikal Mahdi by firing squad. Mahdi had been …

‘Etched in my mind’: witness to South Carolina firing squad execution describes killing

found 2025 › Mar › 08 (Sat) @ 15:19 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Brad Sigmon was executed on Friday for the murders of his ex-girlfriend’s parents in 2001

A reporter for the Associated Press who watched as South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing squa…

Final words of first US death row inmate to be executed by firing squad in 15 years - as lawyer hits out at 'bloody spectacle'

found 2025 › Mar › 08 (Sat) @ 15:19 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Brad Sigmon, 67, was put to death by firing squad at 6.05pm on Friday at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina.

Brad Sigmon is executed by firing squad for murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents... as his final meal is revealed

found 2025 › Mar › 08 (Sat) @ 09:13 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Brad Sigmon, 67, was put to death by firing squad at 6pm on Friday at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina.

Double murderer is first US inmate executed by firing squad in 15 years

found 2025 › Mar › 08 (Sat) @ 09:13 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

Brad Sigmon, who battered his ex's parents to death, said in his last statement it was wrong to take "eye for an eye".

South Carolina moves ahead with ‘cruel’ firing squad execution despite outcry

found 2025 › Mar › 07 (Fri) @ 18:51 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Brad Sigmon, 67, will be first executed by gunfire in US in 15 years as supporters call for clemency

The US will conduct its first execution by firing squad in 15 years on Friday in South Carolina, de…

Desperate final plea of death row inmate Brad Sigmon before he's shot dead in firing squad TONIGHT

found 2025 › Mar › 07 (Fri) @ 18:51 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Brad Sigmon, 67, is scheduled to die the evening of March 7 for the brutal baseball bat beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents David and Gladys Larke in 2001.

South Carolina court clears way for first execution by firing squad in 15 years

found 2025 › Mar › 05 (Wed) @ 21:34 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Lawyers for Brad Sigmon said he chose a death by firing squad because he thought lethal injection would be tortuous

South Carolina’s supreme court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of convi…

Death row inmate makes last-ditch plea after choosing firing squad as execution method

found 2025 › Feb › 27 (Thu) @ 18:24 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Brad Sigmon, 67, was found guilty of murdering both of his ex-girlfriend's parents by beating them with a baseball bat in 2001.

South Carolina man to be killed in US’s first firing squad execution in 15 years

found 2025 › Feb › 21 (Fri) @ 18:20 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Brad Sigmon, 67, chooses to be shot dead amid concerns that lethal injections have caused ‘excruciating’ pain

A South Carolina man on death row has chosen to be killed by firing squad, and if his exec…