US EditionSouth Carolina Supreme Court rejects man's final appeal, clearing way for firing squad execution
- The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected Brad Sigmon's final appeal, allowing his execution by firing squad to proceed on Friday.
- Brad Sigmon stated that a lack of information led him to choose being shot instead of lethal injection out of fear of a tortuous death.
- At 6 p.m. Friday, Sigmon will be executed at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, strapped to a chair.
- He will be the first inmate executed by firing squad in the U.S. In 15 years.
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South Carolina to execute prisoner by firing squad
What happened South Carolina is scheduled to execute double murderer Brad Sigmon by firing squad Friday evening, barring a last-minute intervention from the U.S. Supreme Court or Gov. Henry McMaster (R). Sigmon, 67, would be the first U.S. death row prisoner killed by firing squad since 2010 and the fourth since the death penalty was reinstated in 1977. Who said what South Carolina added firing squad as an execution option in 2021. Sigmon opted …
Supreme Court denies appeal to stop South Carolina firing squad execution
Brad Sigmon, who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2002, is now expected to be executed at 6 p.m. Eastern, at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina.
South Carolina Prepares to Execute Prisoner Brad Keith Sigmon by Firing Squad
In South Carolina, death row prisoner Brad Keith Sigmon is scheduled to be killed by firing squad Friday in the state’s first-ever use of that execution method, and the first firing squad execution in the U.S. in 15 years. Sigmon’s lawyer has called for clemency for his client, who he says suffers from mental illness, brain damage and the effects of drug abuse. Sigmon’s lawyer says he chose execution by firing squad due to fears over lethal inje…
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