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.

I might now be unique among U.S. reporters: I've witnessed three different methods - nine lethal injections and an electric chair execution. I can still hear the thunk of the breaker falling 21 ...

MINUTES. WE ARE LESS THAN 24 HOURS AWAY FROM THE EXECUTION OF BRAD SIGMAN, THE CONDEMNED INMATE CHOSE TO DIE BY FIRING SQUAD. IF THE EXECUTION HAPPENS AS SCHEDULED, SIGMAN WILL BE THE FIRST INMATE ...

A South Carolina man was executed by firing squad Friday — the first execution of its kind in the U.S. since 2010 and just the fourth firing squad execution since the death penalty resumed in ...

The hearing occurred a week after Hoffman filed a lawsuit seeking to block his March 18 execution date, when nitrogen will be pumped into a mask strapped onto Hoffman, who was convicted of the ...

Governor Henry McMaster declined to grant Sigmon clemency Friday evening. Sigmon's execution, carried out by firing squad, marks a historic moment, not just for South Carolina but for the entire ...

Randy Gardner, the older brother of Ronnie Lee Gardner who was executed via firing squad in Utah in 2010, said he was praying Friday's execution of Brad Sigmon in South Carolina is halted.

Authorities have returned federal inmate John Fitzgerald Hanson to Oklahoma to face a likely execution about a month after President Donald Trump issued an executive order restoring federal ...

The last time such an execution took place was 15 years ago, in Utah. The South Carolina inmate chose the method because of his concerns about lethal injection, his lawyer said. By Eduardo Medina ...

The convicted murderer Brad Sigmon's execution will happen at 6 pm local time on Friday evening (12 pm CET), unless either the governor of South Carolina or the Supreme Court decides to give him a ...