In an effort to reduce overcrowding in South Carolina’s juvenile jail, senators advanced a bill Thursday that would require ...

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 ...

Brad Sigmon, a 67-year-old inmate, is scheduled for execution by firing squad in South Carolina, marking the first such case in the US since 2010. Convicted for the 2001 murders of his ex ...

Corderius Johnson has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of Joseph Hamilton. Johnson said ...

The bill comes after one attempt to execute an inmate via lethal injection failed, with officials unable to set an intravenous line. In 2021, South Carolina passed a law allowing execution by ...

South Carolina executed a death row inmate by firing squad Friday, the first time in modern history the method has been used in the state. The 67-year-old inmate, Brad Sigmon, was convicted of a ...

COLUMBIA, SC (AP) – A South Carolina man has been executed by firing squad, becoming the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by this method. Brad Sigmon was pronounced dead at 6:08 p.m ...

In 2021, South Carolina passed a law allowing execution by firing squad in the state but named the electric chair the state’s primary means of execution. The law allows inmates the option to ...

In 2021, South Carolina passed a law allowing execution by firing squad in the state but named the electric chair the state’s primary means of execution. The law allows inmates the option to ...