South Carolina Death Row Inmate Chooses to Be Executed by a Firing Squad
The state has never used that method to execute a prisoner. The last time an inmate was killed by a firing squad was in 2010 ...
Key video of corrections officers beating Robert Brooks to death recovered ‘on a lark’
Top prison officials, like many, didn't know body cameras had recall function. DA Fitzpatrick says without video, the killing ...
U.S. Firing Squad Executions Are Rare, but Their History Is Long
During the Civil War, both sides used firing squads to kill deserting soldiers. Today, people on death row can choose to die ...
Condemned South Carolina man chooses to die by firing squad
Brad Sigmon chose bullets over lethal injection or the electric chair, "which would burn and cook him alive," his attorney ...
In first for state, South Carolina death row inmate elects to die by firing squad
In 2024, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that firing squad was a constitutional method of carrying out executions.
Justice For Robert Brooks: 10 Guards Charged In Fatal Beating Death of NY State Prison Inmate
Brooks' son said waiting for the guards to be charged has been hard but he looks forward to witnessing this “step toward ...
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Prison workers appear in court on murder or manslaughter charges in beating of Robert Brooks
An indictment is expected to be unsealed on Thursday in the death of Robert Brooks, the Greece man who corrections officers ...
Special prosecutor reacts to Correction officers charged with murder in Brooks' death
Nine former correction officers have been charged in connection with the death of Robert Brooks, whose death was ruled a homicide.
South Carolina killer chooses death by firing squad, marking first shooting execution in 15 years
Only three inmates in the U.S. have been executed by firing squad since 1976, with the last execution in 2010.
10 former prison guards charged in death of inmate Robert Brooks
Body-worn camera footage from correctional officers at the Marcy Correctional Facility released by the New York Attorney ...
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Man on death row chooses gruelling execution method that hasn’t been used in 15 years
A man sentenced to death will be the first prisoner to be executed via this method since 2010. Brad Sigmon was put on death ...
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New York corrections officers charged in death of inmate
Ten New York corrections officers were charged Thursday in the 2024 death of inmate Robert Brooks at a state prison. Six of the officers, Anthony Farina, Nicholas Anzalone, David Kingsley, ...