When a South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat steps into the death row chamber Friday ...

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

Only three people have been executed by firing squad in the U.S. since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.

The overhaul of South Carolina’s death chamber was completed three years ago. Now, a team of sharpshooters is practicing its aim for what is poised to be the first firing squad execution in the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina inmate who is scheduled to die next week by firing squad is again asking that his execution be postponed and prison officials release more information about the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - The scheduled execution of Brad Sigmon in South Carolina is set to be the first firing squad execution in the U.S. since 2010 and only the fourth since the death penalty was ...

South Carolina Man Set to Face a Firing Squad Seeks Postponement, Questioning Execution Procedures COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man who is scheduled to die next week by firing squad is ...