The abrupt firing of a respected incumbent in favor ... Created in 1949, the chairman position was designed to solve a quintessentially American problem. In a nation where civilian control over ...

A South Carolina man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat in 2001 was executed by firing squad early Friday evening – a method used for the first time in 15 years ...

King said Sigmon had chosen the firing squad after being placed in an "impossible" position, forced to decide how he would die. The electric chair "would burn and cook him alive," he said ...

Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed his name on a bill Wednesday making Idaho the only state in the U.S. to have a firing squad designated as the preferred execution method for capital punishment ...

During the Civil War, both sides used firing squads to kill deserting soldiers. Today, people on death row can choose to die that way in some states. By Jacey Fortin On Friday, a man convicted of ...

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, was executed by a firing squad in South Carolina, marking the first use of this method in the US in 15 years. Convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend’s parents in 2001 ...

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 ...

Gerald “Bo” King, one of his lawyers, said Sigmon had chosen the firing squad after being placed in an “impossible” position, forced to make an “abjectly cruel” decision about how he ...

It will be three people holding rifles about 15 feet (4.6 meters) away who will complete his punishment in what will be the United States' first firing squad execution in 15 years. Some 46 ...

A South Carolina man has been executed by firing squad, becoming the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by this method.Video above: WYFF News 4's Anna Dobbins witnesses the executionBrad ...