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South Carolina is set to execute another inmate by firing squad, one month after first such execution in decades
The first firing squad execution in over 15 years was carried out last month. It provides a glimpse into how such executions ...
South Carolina to execute 2nd man by firing squad on Friday
Mikal 41, chose the firing squad over lethal injection or the electric chair. South Carolina is one of five states that ...
Brad Sigmon will be put to death on March 7; here's a timeline leading to his execution
The death row inmate is scheduled for execution, convicted of two counts of murder in the deaths of David and Gladys Larke ...
Another SC inmate chooses firing squad execution, 3 weeks after state's first use of the method
Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to death for the killing of James Myers, a South Carolina police officer, and burning his body.
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Spiritual adviser to man executed by firing squad: 'We're more than the worst thing we've done.'
(RNS) — 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 ...
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South Carolina inmate chooses to die by firing squad like the last condemned inmate before him
South Carolina inmate has asked to die by firing squad just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets ...
The condemned man made the decision just weeks after the execution of Brad Sigmon
South Carolina death row inmate Mikal Mahdi has chosen to be executed via firing squad just weeks after Brad Sigmon was ...
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Spiritual adviser of condemned inmate: 'We're more than the worst thing we've done'
(RNS) — 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 ...
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Inside first US firing squad execution in 15 years - bullseye on chest and basin for blood
Brad Sigmon, 67, was shot to death at about 6pm local time on March 7. He was fatally shot by three state corrections department volunteers who fired at his chest with special bullets. Article ...
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Idaho becomes first state to prefer death by firing squad for executions
The governor’s action comes less than a week after Brad Sigmon, 67, of South Carolina, was executed by way of a firing squad for killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat in 2001.
Another SC inmate chooses firing squad execution, 3 weeks after state's first use of the method (copy)
Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to death for the killing of James Myers, a South Carolina police officer, and burning his body.
South Carolina inmate chooses to die by firing squad like condemned inmate before him
South Carolina inmate has asked to die by firing squad just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets ...