South Carolina death row inmate chooses firing squad as execution method
A South Carolina death row inmate has chosen to be executed by a firing squad next month rather than by lethal injection or ...
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.
Alabama inmate resentenced to life after 28 years on death row for 1995 police officer’s murder
Larry Wayne Whitehead, 62, was convicted in 1996 for the death of Albertville police officer and detective Andrew Whitten.
Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson seeks overturn sentence with new appeal
Robert Roberson, a Texas death row inmate, has filed a new appeal. Roberson, who has autism spectrum disorder, claims ...
Death row inmate from South Carolina chooses most gruesome execution method. Is he repenting over his barbaric crimes?
Brad Sigmon, a convicted murderer in South Carolina, has chosen to die by firing squad over lethal injection or the electric ...
Death row inmate requests to be killed by rare execution method not used for 15 years
Death row inmate Brad Sigmon, currently incarcerated in South Carolina, has chosen to be executed by firing squad, which hasn ...
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Supreme Court to consider death row plea for DNA testing
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Feb. 24 in the case of a man on Texas death row who has long tried to obtain ...
Judge rejects request from Georgia death row inmate to be executed by firing squad
A federal judge rejected a Georgia death row inmate's request to be executed by firing squad because he claims that lethal injection could cause him severe pain.
Greenville man on South Carolina's death row chooses firing squad for March 7 execution
Brad Sigmon made the choice after the state Supreme Court denied a stay request based on questions about the effectiveness of lethal injection ...
A Tennessee inmate on death row says he is on hunger strike over medical care and other issues
A Tennessee death row prisoner has declared a hunger strike, saying he is protesting issues with medical care, the quality of ...
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Sparkle Rai’s killer moved off death row, resentenced to life plus 25
Cleveland Clark, convicted in the 2009 Union City contract killing of Sparkle Rai, has had his death sentence commuted to life in prison in Georgia.
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The future of the death penalty hangs in the balance in Idaho
BOISE, Idaho - As Idaho lawmakers discuss the future of the firing squad to carry out executions in the Gem State, the fates ...