Supreme Court won’t halt firing squad execution of South Carolina inmate

Supreme Court won’t halt firing squad execution of South Carolina inmate

The Supreme Court denied a death row inmate’s last-ditch effort to avoid execution Friday night, clearing the way for the first execution by firing squad in the United States in 15 years.  Brad Sigmon, 67, who was convicted in 2002 of murdering his ex-girlfriend’s parents, chose the firing squad method instead of electrocution or lethal…