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South Carolina, Death Row and Firing Squad Execution

South Carolina convict inches closer to first US death by firing squad in 15 years

A South Carolina convict who brutally killed his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat in 2001 is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on Friday – the first execution of its kind in U.S. in 15 years.

KGET on MSN · 1h

South Carolina man called for end of death penalty before execution in final statement

"I want my closing statement to be one of love and a calling to my fellow Christians to help us end the death penalty," Brad Kieth Sigmon wrote ahead of his execution.

Hollywood Unlocked on MSN · 1d

South Carolina Kills Death Row Inmate Brad Sigmon In First Firing Squad Execution In U.S. In 15 Years, Marks Fourth Total

South Carolina has killed death row inmate Brad Sigmon, 67, in the first firing squad execution in the U.S. in 15 years. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, Sigmon’s death marks the fourth firing squad execution in U.

South Carolina Supreme Court denies death row inmate's request to delay execution

Brad Sigmon’s attorneys asked the court to reconsider an earlier delay denial based on questions about the effectiveness of ...

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Letter to the Editor: The moral urgency of abolishing the death penalty

Imagine being given a choice on how you die, but the options are limited to electrocution, lethal injection or a firing squad ...

Ex-Army recruiter blamed wife Cati Blauvelt for his demotion. Did he kill her for revenge?

Cati Blauvelt was discovered in an abandoned South Carolina farmhouse in 2016 — a broken knife blade inside her body. Almost immediately, her friends had one suspect in mind: John Blauvelt, her ...

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An American is set to be executed by firing squad. Here’s what to know.

A prisoner on South Carolina’s death row is scheduled this week to die by firing squad, the state’s first-ever use of that execution method. Brad Keith Sigmon, convicted of double murder ...

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