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South Carolina Executes Death Row Inmate by Firing Squad, First in US in 15 Years

Brad Keith Sigmon was executed by firing squad in South Carolina on March 10, 2025, at 6:08 p.m.
This execution was the first by firing squad in South Carolina's history.
Sigmon was the second death row inmate executed in South Carolina this year.
His lawyer stated his closing statement was "one of love and a calling to my fellow Christians to help us end the death penalty.

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We’re Really Doing Execution by Firing Squad Again?

Witnesses could see what happened to Sigmon, but they could not see the people who shot him.

24 days ago·United States

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The Atlantic

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The Way of the Gun

Death by firing squad has come back to America.

24 days ago·Washington, United States

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fitsnews.com

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Father Of The Firing Squad?

David Pascoe started the drumbeat to expand South Carolina's capital punishment methods.

25 days ago

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World Socialist Web Site

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South Carolina puts Brad Sigmon to death in first US firing squad execution since 2010

Condemned man’s attorney: “Everything about this barbaric, state-sanctioned atrocity—from the choice to the method itself—is abjectly cruel. We should not just be horrified—we should be furious.”

26 days ago·United States

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National Post

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South Carolina man gets rare execution by firing squad for killing ex-girlfriend's parents

Sigmon's lawyers said he chose the firing squad because the electric chair would "cook him alive," and he feared that a lethal injection.

26 days ago·Canada

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South Carolina man called for end of death penalty before execution in final statement

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) — A South Carolina man became the first person in the state history to be executed by a firing squad Friday, and the first in the U.S. in 15 years. “The capital punishment sentence of Brad Kieth Sigmon was carried out tonight in pursuant with the Supreme Court and South Carolina state law," Chrysti Shain, a spokesperson with the South Carolina Department of Corrections, said during a press conference after the execution. It…

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