firing squad

A firing squad on Friday executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time the rare execution method has been used by the state in the past five weeks.

A few more details are known about South Carolina's firing squad as the state prepares to carry out its second execution by that method.

When 67-year-old Brad Sigmon was put to death on March 7 in South Carolina for the murder of his then-girlfriend's parents, it was the first time in 15 years that an execution in the United States had been carried out by a firing squad.

A South Carolina man convicted of murder was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner to die by that method in 15 years.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of condemned man Brad Sigmon, clearing the way for Friday's firing squad execution.

South Carolina plans to execute its first prisoner by firing squad on March 7 inside the same death chamber it's used for dozens of other executions. Firearms experts say that could be risky.

Three volunteer South Carolina prison employees will be the firing squad used to execute condemned killer Brad Sigmon on Friday.

A South Carolina man who is scheduled to die next week by firing squad is again asking that his execution be postponed and prison officials release more information about the state's lethal injection drug and procedures.

Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad. He would be the first U.S. inmate shot to death in an execution in 15 years.

SC Public Radio's Maayan Schechter talks with Associated Press' Jeffrey Collins about the scheduled execution of Freddie Eugene Owens, convicted of killing a Greenville store clerk in 1997. Owens is scheduled to be the first person executed in the state since 2011.