GREENVILLE, S.C. (WCSC/AP) - The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of condemned man Brad Sigmon, clearing the way for Friday’s firing squad execution.

Firing squads have a long and storied history in the U.S. They've served as a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way ...

Brad Sigmon, 67, personally requested the unusual punishment after fearing the electric chair would "burn and cook him alive, ...

Brad Keith Sigmon, who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents in South Carolina, opted for the firing squad ...

The South Carolina Supreme Court denied a stay of execution for a man facing death by firing squad on March 7. Brad Sigmon ...

Sigmon argues that recent executions, including the January 31 execution of Marion Bowman, reveal that South Carolina’s ...

Brad Sigmon’s attorneys filed a motion on Wednesday after an autopsy report showed the last inmate's execution took more than ...

A South Carolina man who is scheduled to die next week by firing squad is again asking that his execution be postponed.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has set an execution date for ... Freddie “Khalil” Ownes of Greenville, Richard Moore of Spartanburg, and Marion Bowman of Orangeburg were the last three put to death.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has set ... Sigmon's attorney said they wanted to find out if Marion Bowman was given two doses of pentobarbital at his execution on ...