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US carries out first firing squad execution since 2010

Dawn 09 Mar 2025
“It is unfathomable that, in 2025, South Carolina would execute one of its citizens in this bloody spectacle.” Sigmon had a choice between lethal injection, the firing squad or the electric chair.
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‘Etched in my mind’: reporter describes South Carolina firing squad execution

The Observer 09 Mar 2025
After a 13-year pause, South Carolina now directs men on death row to choose their method of death – electric chair, lethal injection or firing squad ... “The firing squad is certainly faster – and more violent – than lethal injection.
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In horrific detail, the minute-by-minute account of America's first firing squad execution in 15 years: The ...

The Daily Mail 09 Mar 2025
Asked how the firing squad execution compared with those he had witnessed by lethal injection and electric chair, Mr Collins replied ... Lethal> injections take about 20 minutes ... about lethal injection'.
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Louisiana death row inmate challenges nitrogen gas as execution method

The Observer 09 Mar 2025
Hoffman had previously challenged Louisiana’s lethal injection protocol in 2012, arguing that the method constituted cruel and unusual punishment ... used lethal injection to execute Gerald Bordelon.
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Legal expert's verdict on if Idaho murder suspect's bold defense will help him avoid the ...

The Daily Mail 09 Mar 2025
A not guilty plea was entered on his behalf in 2023 ... ‘He's got nowhere to go ... Autism Spectrum Disorder’ argues ... Last year, the firing squad became an alternative method of execution in the state, amid a shortage of lethal injection drugs ... ‘Run’ ... He added.
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South Carolina executes inmate by firing squad

The Spokesman-Review 08 Mar 2025
lethal injection, electrocution or firing squad. His lawyer, Gerald King, said that Sigmon had chosen to be shot because he had concerns about South Carolina’s lethal injection process ... injection.
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South Carolina Set to Carry Out First Firing Squad Execution of Prisoner

Greek Reporter 08 Mar 2025
He chose the firing squad method for his execution over the other two death penalty methods, the electric chair and lethal injection ... Additionally, the lawyers explained that if he chose the lethal injection, he risked prolonged suffering.
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South Carolina inmate executed by firing squad for first time in US since 2010

RNZ 08 Mar 2025
Sigmon chose firing squad over the two other state-approved methods of execution, lethal injection or the electric chair ... Currently, the state allows for a firing squad execution as a backup method if lethal injection drugs are not available.
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After 15 years, South Carolina carries out first firing squad execution in US

The News International 08 Mar 2025
Brad Sigmon, 67, chose to be killed by a firing squad, saying he feared the alternatives of the electric chair or lethal injection would risk a slower and more torturous death.
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South Carolina man executed by firing squad

The Irish Times 08 Mar 2025
Sigmon’s lawyers said he chose the firing squad because the electric chair would “cook him alive”, and he feared that a lethal injection of pentobarbital into his veins would send a rush of fluid and blood into his lungs and drown him.
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Firing squad witness describes horror of watching execution unfold: ‘Target disappeared in blood'

The Times of India 08 Mar 2025
The state revived the brutal practice as part of its aggressive push to resume capital punishment after a 13-year hiatus, forcing condemned inmates to choose between electrocution, lethal injection, or the firing squad.
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US inmate executed by firing squad

Taipei Times 08 Mar 2025
A South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat was on Friday executed by firing squad, the first US prisoner in 15 years to die by the method, which he saw as preferable to the electric chair or lethal injection.
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Who was Brad Sigmon? First US prisoner executed by firing squad in 15 years

The Times of India 08 Mar 2025
... and that a lethal injection of pentobarbital could cause fluid and blood to rush into his lungs, effectively drowning him.South Carolina keeps the details of its lethal injection method confidential.
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South Carolina man executed by firing squad, first in U.S. in 15 years

The Los Angeles Times 08 Mar 2025
prisoner in 15 years to die by that method, which he saw as preferable to the electric chair or lethal injection ... The gurney used to carry out lethal injections had been rolled away ... Seven have died in the electric chair and 39 by lethal injection.
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