Friday's execution was the first by firing squad in modern South Carolina history and only the fourth in the U.S. since 1977. Sigmon's attorney called it a "bloody spectacle." ...

For United Methodist minister Hillary Taylor, there's a reward in introducing outsiders to someone who is kind and ...

A convicted double murderer has been executed by firing squad, the first such execution in the United States since 2010, ...

Brad Sigmon, 67, was executed at 6:05 p.m. Friday ... The death row inmate's only remaining choice was a firing squad, an execution method with a long and violent history in the U.S. and around ...

A firing squad in South Carolina executed Brad Keith Sigmon on Friday for the beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents, marking the first firing squad execution in the state in modern history ...

Traditionally, firing squads have at least one rifle unloaded or loaded with blank rounds so members of the squad are unsure if they fired a fatal shot. Brad Sigmon, 67, was sentenced to death in 2001 ...

Brad Sigmon has been executed by firing squad. He had used his final words to call upon Christians to end the death penalty. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

None of the previous 10 prepared me for watching the firing squad death of Brad Sigmon on Friday night. I might now be unique among U.S. reporters: I've witnessed three different methods - nine ...