Brad Sigmon chose bullets over lethal injection or the electric chair, "which would burn and cook him alive," his attorney said.

Condemned for murdering a Taylors couple, the Greenville man's execution is scheduled 6 p.m. at the Broad River Correctional ...

South Carolina plans to execute its first prisoner by firing squad on March 7 inside the same death chamber it's used for ...

Ocean County authorities are investigating an attempted double murder after a neighbor shot a husband and wife, then used the ...

After a spate of botched executions involving lethal injection, a condemned South Carolina man decided he'd prefer a firing squad.

Bullet-resistant glass has been installed between the witness room and the death chamber, it said, describing the firing squad chair as "metal with restraints" and "surrounded by protective ...

South Carolina plans to execute a man ... squad execution protocol shows. In Utah, the only state that has executed prisoners by firing squad in the past 50 years, only four of the five shooters ...