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.
The inmate chose to be executed by firing squad over the two other methods in South Carolina — the electric chair and lethal ...
South Carolina plans to execute a man by firing squad, a method not used in the U.S. for 15 years. Since 1976, lethal ...