South Carolina schedules its fifth execution in less than 7 months
The court postponed a potential sixth execution, that of Steven Bixby, who killed two police officers in an Abbeville County ...
Earthquake wakes South Carolina residents as tremors rumble through this part of the state
This was the fifth earthquake recorded in South Carolina in 2025 after 30 were confirmed there last year, according to the ...
In a first for South Carolina, Brad Sigmon is executed by firing squad
Brad Sigmon is only the fourth person executed by firing squad in the United States since the death penalty resumed ...
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South Carolina inmate executed by firing squad for first time in US since 2010
Sigmon’s execution took place at the Broad River Correctional Institution, in Columbia, South Carolina, where all executions ...
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A South Carolina man executed by firing squad is the first US prisoner killed this way in 15 years
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP ... (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) The details of South Carolina’s lethal injection method are kept secret in ...
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South Carolina Executes Inmate by Firing Squad
The South Carolina inmate chose the method because ... chamber at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, the state capital. He was strapped to a metal chair in a corner of the ...
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South Carolina man called for end of death penalty before execution in final statement
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) — A South Carolina man became the first person in the state history to be executed by a firing squad ...
National Catholic Reporter12dOpinion
Editorial: South Carolina's firing squad execution magnifies cruelty of death penalty
Brad Sigmon chose to be the first person executed in the U.S. by firing squad in 15 years because he believed the ...
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South Carolina inmate executed by firing squad for first time in US since 2010
Sigmon’s execution took place at the Broad River Correctional Institution, in Columbia, South Carolina, where all executions in the state are carried ... because capital punishment has always ...
Boston Herald10d
A South Carolina man executed by firing squad is the first US prisoner killed this way in 15 years
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man convicted of murder was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner to die by that method in 15 years. Three volunteer prison employees ...