South Carolina Executes Inmate by Firing Squad for First Time in 15 Years

Brad Sigmon, convicted of a double murder, chose execution by firing squad over lethal injection citing concerns about prolonged suffering.

Brad Sigmon, a 67-year-old convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2001, was executed in South Carolina by a firing squad on Friday evening.
This marks the first use of a firing squad for execution in the United States since 2010 and the first in South Carolina since the method's reinstatement in 2021.
Sigmon opted for the firing squad over lethal injection, citing fears of prolonged suffering based on past cases involving chemical executions in the state.
The execution was carried out by three volunteer marksmen firing through slits in the chamber wall, with Sigmon pronounced dead three minutes after the shots.
South Carolina is one of five U.S. states allowing firing squads as an execution method, alongside Utah, Idaho, Mississippi, and Oklahoma.