South Carolina death row inmate chooses firing squad as execution method

A South Carolina death row inmate, Brad Sigmon, has opted to be executed by firing squad, becoming the fourth inmate in the U.S. to die by this method. Sigmon, convicted of the 2001 baseball bat killings of his ex-girlfriend’s parents, chose firing squad over lethal injection or the electric chair due to concerns over prolonged suffering. He has one final appeal pending before the state Supreme Court, with his lawyers arguing his trial lawyers were ineffective in presenting mitigating factors.

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