South Carolina inmate chooses firing squad for execution

Nearly 15 years since the country's last firing squad death, an inmate in South Carolina elects to be shot to death.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — 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.
Condemned inmate Brad Sigmon is asking the S.C. Supreme Court to stop his March 7 execution. He was sentenced to die in the ...