Governor Henry McMaster declined to grant Sigmon clemency Friday evening. Sigmon's execution, carried out by firing squad, marks a historic moment, not just for South Carolina but for the entire ...

“I didn’t get to see them grow old.” The South Carolina Supreme Court rejected an 11th-hour and likely last appeal to halt the execution Thursday. Sigmon’s main appeal to halt the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - South Carolina is set to carry out the state’s first firing squad execution on Friday. Brad Sigmon has been on death row for more than two decades after he killed ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of condemned man Brad Sigmon, clearing the way for Friday’s firing squad execution.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Arkansas is one step closer to approving nitrogen gas as a method of execution in capital cases. House Bill 1489 passed the House Tuesday afternoon in a 67-23 vote for that chamber ...

It will be three people holding rifles about 15 feet (4.6 meters) away who will complete his punishment in what will be the United States’ first firing squad execution in 15 years. Some 46 prisoners ...

It will be three people holding rifles about 15 feet (4.6 meters) away who will complete his punishment in what will be the United States’ first firing squad execution in 15 years. Some 46 ...

Since the Supreme Court lifted its ban on capital punishment in 1976, states have used five different execution methods: lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas, firing squad and hanging. Brad ...

Since the Supreme Court lifted its ban on capital punishment in 1976, states have used five different execution methods: lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas, firing squad and hanging.