CBS News27d
Family speaks of pain after woman was hit by Cook County Sheriff's squad car, later died
A family spoke Friday after a Chicago mother was hit and killed by a Cook County Sheriff's police squad car while walking ... 28, off life support. Smith's family said they were blindsided.
The Daily Beast25d
‘I Won’t Forget’: Firing Squad Witness Reveals Horror of Watching Murderer Die
An Associated Press reporter described in graphic detail what it was like to watch the first American be executed by firing squad in 15 years. News Reporter A reporter who witnessed the first ...
CNN28d
Firing squad could become Idaho’s main execution method under a bill awaiting governor’s approval
Death by firing squad could become Idaho’s primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor’s desk this week. The Idaho Senate passed the bill on Wednesday, and it will take ...
NBC News26d
South Carolina kills death-row prisoner in state's first firing squad execution
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina man convicted in a double murder in 2002 died Friday by firing squad, a rarely used ... the agency offers mental health support for staff taking part in executions.
People25d
Man Who Was Executed by Firing Squad for the First Time in the U.S. Since 2010 Shared a Passionate Plea as His Final Words
South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP A South Carolina man, who recently became the first person in the United States to be executed by a firing squad in 15 years, shared a passionate ...
The Clarion-Ledger13d
Curious Mississippi: Is execution by firing squad legal in MS? Has it ever been used here?
Mississippi is one of five states that still permit executions by firing squad, alongside Utah, Oklahoma, Idaho and South Carolina. However, a firing squad execution has never been conducted in ...
The Punch Newspapers23d
Chelle names Super Eagles final squad for W’Cup qualifiers
Super Eagles head coach, Eric Chelle, on Tuesday, announced his final 23-man squad ahead of Nigeria’s 2026 World Cup qualifying fixtures against Rwanda and Zimbabwe. The coach released an ...
Fox News26d
South Carolina convict inches closer to first US death by firing squad in 15 years
A South Carolina death row inmate who gruesomely killed his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat in 2001 is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on Friday – the first execution of its ...
The New York Times25d
The Crack of Rifles, Then Silence: What a Firing Squad Execution Was Like
By Jeffrey Collins Jeffrey Collins, a reporter for The Associated Press, was one of the three media witnesses to the execution of Brad Sigmon by firing squad. He has covered executions in South ...
NPR26d
A South Carolina prisoner is the first executed by a firing squad in 15 years
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by that method ...
The Independent20d
When does Thomas Tuchel announce his first England squad?
England begin a new era under Thomas Tuchel as the new manager prepares to name his first squad ahead of the start of the World Cup qualifying. Tuchel has signed an 18-month contract through to ...
New York Daily News29d
South Carolina man to be executed by firing squad, nation’s first in 15 years
A South Carolina man is set to die by firing squad Friday evening, marking the nation’s first such execution since 2010. Brad Sigmon, 67, chose the firing squad over death by lethal injection or ...