Firing squad witness describes South Carolina execution of Brad Sigmon: "My heart started pounding"
Jeffrey Collins was one of three media witnesses for the firing squad execution of Brad Sigmon. He has been a witness to 11 ...
First firing squad execution in U.S. in 15 years is carried out in S.C.
Brad Sigmon, sentenced for a 2001 double murder, chose to be executed by firing squad because of concerns about lethal ...
US Supreme Court rejects Sigmon’s final appeal. SC set for first execution by firing squad
The autopsy of Richard Moore found fluid in his lungs, evidence of a pulmonary edema, which experts say could cause the excruciating feeling of drowning as he was dying. The choice Sigmon faced was ...
South Carolina man executed by firing squad, first in U.S. in 15 years
A South Carolina man has been executed by firing squad, becoming the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by this method.
‘Violent and sudden’: Witness to first SC firing squad execution describes what he saw
One of the media witnesses to Friday night’s execution, the first ever in the state to use a firing squad, provided his eyewitness account.