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 ...

If Sigmon's execution moves forward, he will become the first inmate in South Carolina executed by firing squad in modern history and the fourth in the U.S. since 1977.

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

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, convicted in a double murder in 2002, opted to die by a method that is rarely used. Utah carried out the last ...

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.

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 ...

Brad Sigmon used his final words, before he was executed via firing squad, to call upon fellow Christians to help end the death penalty, according to media witnesses. Brad Sigmon's official time ...

One of the three media witnesses to the execution of Brad Sigmon in South Carolina on Friday describes what he saw.

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 ...