Curious Mississippi: Is execution by firing squad legal in MS? Has it ever been used here?
South Carolina became the first state since 2010 to execute an inmate by firing squad. Is the method legal in Mississippi?
CNN13d
South Carolina inmate executed by firing squad for first time in US since 2010
A convicted double murderer has been executed by firing squad – the first such execution in the United States since 2010, according to the South Carolina Department of Corrections. The execution ...
WLTX1913d
South Carolina executes convicted murderer by firing squad—the first in the U.S. in 15 years
A South Carolina man convicted of murder was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner to die by that method in 15 years. Brad Sigmon, 67, was pronounced dead at 6:08 p.m. after ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer13d
Firing squad executes Brad Keith Sigmon in South Carolina in 'bloody spectacle'
A firing squad in South Carolina executed Brad Keith Sigmon on Friday for the beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents, marking the first firing squad execution in the state in modern history ...
Seattle Times13d
Violent and sudden. What a firing squad execution looked like through my eyes
None of the previous 10 prepared me for watching the firing squad death of Brad Sigmon on Friday night. I might now be unique ...
The New York Times14d
South Carolina Executes Inmate by Firing Squad
By Eduardo Medina Reporting from Columbia, S.C. The state of South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing squad on Friday night in the first such execution in the United States since 2010.
New York Post14d
Double murderer loses bid to be spared from firing squad execution in South Carolina
The double murderer set to die by firing squad in South Carolina Friday had his last-minute appeal to save his life turned down — paving the way for him to become the first in the US to die by ...
Fox 5 San Diego14d
Is a firing squad execution more humane than lethal injection?
(NewsNation) — For the first time in 15 years, the United States is putting someone to death using a firing squad. This undated image provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections ...
Daily Mail14d
Grim warning ahead of firing squad execution from brother of the last man who suffered the 'barbaric' death
The brother of the last death row inmate to be executed by firing squad has urged officials not to go ahead with the 'barbaric' method on Friday night. Randy Gardner, the older brother of Ronnie ...
Newsweek14d
When Was the Last Firing Squad Execution? Brad Sigmon Faces Death Penalty
She is a graduate of Ithaca College. A South Carolina man convicted of a double murder is set to be executed by firing squad, marking the first use of this method in the state and the first in the ...
NBC Bay Area14d
South Carolina kills death-row prisoner in state's first firing squad execution
A South Carolina man convicted in a double murder in 2002 died Friday by firing squad, a rarely used execution method never before carried out by the state. Brad Sigmon, 67, was pronounced dead at ...