Brad Sigmon is set to be killed by a firing squad in South Carolina following his conviction 24 years ago for brutally ...

South Carolina is set to execute a man by firing squad, a method unused in the US for nearly 15 years. The article reviews ...

South Carolina plans to execute a man by firing squad, a method not used in the U.S. for 15 years. Since 1976, lethal ...

South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in ...

A Georgia death row inmate who fatally shot a man while fleeing from a bank robbery in Gwinnett County cannot be executed by firing squad instead of lethal injection, a federal judge in Atlanta ...

A federal judge rejected a Georgia death row inmate's request to be executed by firing squad because he claims that lethal injection could cause him excruciating pain. Michael Wade Nance ...

Only five states allow firing squads for executions. But the firing squad isn’t the primary death penalty method in any of those states, a spokesperson for the Death Penalty Information Center ...

The Idaho House voted to approve a bill on Thursday that would establish a firing squad as the state’s primary execution method starting in July 2026. The proposed law next moves for ...

Idaho lawmakers have advanced a bill to make the state's newly revived firing squad its main method of execution as the quadruple murder trial of aspiring criminologist and alleged co-ed killer ...

This week, Alabama plans to carry out its fourth nitrogen gas execution in roughly a year. And the firing squad is also emerging as a likely contender. South Carolina presented it as an option to the ...