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, who admitted to killing his ex-girlfriend's parents, said he chose to die by bullets because he considered the ...

Brad Sigmon is only the fourth person executed by firing squad in the United States since the death penalty resumed ...

Jeffrey Collins was one of three media witnesses for the firing squad execution of Brad Sigmon. He has been a witness to 11 ...

Brad Keith Sigmon called for an end to the death penalty before he was executed by firing squad in South Carolina on Friday.

Brad Sigmon, convicted in a double murder in 2002, opted to die by a method that is rarely used. Utah carried out the last ...

Brad Sigmon, a death row inmate in South Carolina, was the first person to die by firing squad in the U.S. in 15 years.

The death row inmate is scheduled for execution, convicted of two counts of murder in the deaths of David and Gladys Larke ...

A convicted double murderer in South Carolina became the first American death row inmate to die by firing squad in 15 years — ...

Brad Sigmon has been executed by firing squad. He had used his final words to call upon Christians to end the death penalty. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Brad Sigmon, a South Carolina death row inmate, was executed at 6 p.m. ET on Friday using a firing squad, making it the first ...

Double murderer Brad Sigmon, 67, who became the first US death row inmate to die by the unusual method in 15 years, chose death by firing squad over the electric chair or lethal injection.