A South Carolina man was put to death by a firing squad Friday after being convicted of a 2001 double homicide. The execution of Brad Sigmon, 67, marks the first time since 2010 that a firing ...

Idaho became the first state in the U.S. to make death by firing squad its preferred method for executions, just days after an inmate in South Carolina executed with the method.

Melissa Lucio's delayed execution sparks debate over death penalty in the U.S. 08:37 South Carolina can execute death row inmates by firing squad, lethal injection or the electric chair, the state ...

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.

A convicted double murderer is set to die by firing squad in South Carolina on Friday — the first execution of its kind in the US in 15 years.. Brad Sigmon, 67, personally requested the unusual ...

As lethal injection drugs have become harder to obtain, states with the death penalty have looked to expand their execution methods to firing squads and nitrogen gas, which was first used in the U ...

There are a couple reasons why some states and death row inmates are turning to a method that might be seen as antiquated. First, the firing squad’s reemergence is an outgrowth of states ...

A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets. His attorney confirmed to CBS News that Mikal ...

Barring any late developments, the U.S. is set to see its first execution by firing squad in 15 years on March 7, 2025. Photos released by the South Carolina Department of Corrections suggest that ...

Stephen Stanko, a South Carolina death row inmate, chose lethal injection after a firing squad execution was criticized as "botched" and raised concerns about execution methods.

The firing squad has a long and thorny history in the U.S. South Carolina on Friday is scheduled to put the first person to death by firing squad in the U.S. in 15 years.

There are a couple reasons why some states and death row inmates are turning to a method that might be seen as antiquated. First, the firing squad’s reemergence is an outgrowth of states ...