Don't miss out on the headlines from World. Followed categories will be added to My News. A convicted double murderer in South Carolina became the first American death row inmate to die by firing ...

A death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including an electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP) ...

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.

A South Carolina death row inmate who gruesomely killed his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat in 2001 is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on Friday – the first execution of its ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina man convicted in a double murder in 2002 died Friday by firing squad, a rarely used execution method never before carried out by the state. Brad Sigmon ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by that ...

A South Carolina man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat was put to death by firing squad on Friday in the first such execution in the United States in 15 years.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man is executed by firing squad, the first US prisoner killed by this method in 15 years.