The man’s appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court and South Carolina’s state governor. Six people have been executed in the US in 2025 alone.Law and
US executes man by firing squad for first time in 15 years
Alex Berry with AP, AFP
The man’s appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court and South Carolina’s state governor. Six people have been executed in the US in 2025 alone.
Protestors demonstrate outside the scheduled execution of South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Columbia, South Carolina
Only three other prisoners have been executed by firing squad in the US since 1977
A man 67-year-old man was executed by firing squad in the US state of South Carolina on Friday, prison officials said.
It was the first execution of its type to be carried out in the US in 15 years.
The man, Brad Sigmon, was shot dead by three volunteer prison employees at 6:08 p.m. (2308 GMT) at the Broad River Correctional Institution in the state capital Columbia, prison spokeswoman Chrysti Shain said.
Sigmon had been convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat in 2001 after a plan to kidnap their daughter went wrong.
He had planned to kill his girlfriend and himself after taking her on a romantic weekend.
The Supreme Court rejected his last-minute appeal to avoid the execution and South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster denied his appeal for clemency.
US executes man by firing squad for first time in 15 years
Alex Berry with AP, AFP
Protestors demonstrate outside the scheduled execution of South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Columbia, South Carolina
A man 67-year-old man was executed by firing squad in the US state of South Carolina on Friday, prison officials said.
It was the first execution of its type to be carried out in the US in 15 years.
The man, Brad Sigmon, was shot dead by three volunteer prison employees at 6:08 p.m. (2308 GMT) at the Broad River Correctional Institution in the state capital Columbia, prison spokeswoman Chrysti Shain said.
Sigmon had been convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat in 2001 after a plan to kidnap their daughter went wrong.
He had planned to kill his girlfriend and himself after taking her on a romantic weekend.
The Supreme Court rejected his last-minute appeal to avoid the execution and South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster denied his appeal for clemency.
