US inmate set to die by firing squad, which states allow this?
- Brad Sigmon, 67, will be executed by firing squad on March 7, marking the first such execution in the U.S. Since 2010 and just the fourth in 49 years.
- Sigmon chose the firing squad over lethal injection, fearing it could cause him suffering, and viewed the electric chair as worse.
- Lawmakers in South Carolina suggested firing squad to maintain capital punishment amidst difficulties in other execution methods.
- Protestors are opposing the execution, with several voices, including family members, speaking out against the firing squad as a method of execution.
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A first in 15 years, US executes Brad Sigmon by firing squad for 2002 double murder
Sigmon's lawyers said he chose the firing squad because the electric chair would 'cook him alive,' and he feared that a lethal injection of pentobarbital into his veins would send a rush of fluid and blood into his lungs and drown him
·Mumbai, India
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