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South Carolina Is Set to Execute a Man via Firing Squad

A South Carolina man is set to become the first executed by firing squad in 15 years

Unless the governor or the U.S. Supreme Court grants him a last-minute reprieve, Brad Sigmon, 67, will be the first person to die by firing squad in the U.S. since 2010 — and just the fourth since the death penalty resumed in the U.S. 49 years ago.

The State (Columbia, SC) on MSN · 18h

South Carolina will execute Brad Sigmon by firing squad. Here’s how it will be done

Brad Sigmon will be the first person executed by firing squad in South Carolina and the oldest person ever put to death in the state.

The Washington Times · 2h

South Carolina killer set to be state’s first firing-squad execution

A South Carolina murderer who kidnapped his ex-girlfriend and beat her parents to death is set to become the state’s first prisoner executed by firing squad on Friday.

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Who is Brad Keith Sigmon, the South Carolina Death Row inmate who chose the firing squad

If Sigmon's execution moves forward, he will become the first inmate in South Carolina executed by firing squad in modern history and the fourth in the U.S. since 1977.

Brad Sigmon's advocates describe him as a penitent Christian, ask governor for execution clemency

Brad Sigmon is set to be executed by firing squad on March 7 for murdering a Greenville County couple in 2001. Advocates have ...

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“Who would Jesus execute?” — Death penalty protestors plead with governor to spare inmate’s life

"Removing one life to punish them for taking someone else's does nothing to restore the fabric of humanity, it only increases the damage," says Rev. Bryan Pigford of Cokesbury United Methodist Church ...