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

Brad Sigmon, a man who killed his ex-girlfriend’s parents in 2001, is set to be executed by firing squad on Friday.

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

Brad Sigmon’s attorneys asked the court to reconsider an earlier delay denial based on questions about the effectiveness of ...

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

The South Carolina Supreme Court denied a stay of execution for a man facing death by firing squad on March 7. Brad Sigmon ...

A South Carolina death row ... of the Feb. 21 deadline to decide his execution method, as he can choose to be killed by lethal injection, firing squad or electric chair. Sigmon was convicted ...

A federal judge rejected a Georgia death row inmate's request to be executed by firing squad because he claims that lethal injection could cause him excruciating pain. Michael Wade Nance ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A condemned man who is the next person scheduled to be put to death in South Carolina ... by lethal injection, firing squad or electric chair. Sigmon's execution is currently ...

But his attorneys said in a motion Friday that the situation has become more urgent because he faces a Feb. 21 deadline to decide whether to die by lethal injection, firing squad or electric chair.