Chrysti Shain, spokesperson for the South Carolina Department of Corrections announces the execution of Brad Keith Sigmon in Columbia, S.C.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by that method, ...

A South Carolina man, who recently became the first person in the United States to be executed by a firing squad in 15 years, ...

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according to Chrysti Shain, the director of communications for the SCDC. Sigmon killed the couple in their South Carolina home with a baseball bat and later told authorities that he had planned on ...

“The capital punishment sentence of Brad Kieth Sigmon was carried out tonight in pursuant with the Supreme Court and South Carolina state law,” Chrysti Shain, a spokesperson with the South ...

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 ...

Prison spokeswoman Chrysti Shain said Sigmon's last meal was four pieces of fried chicken, green beans, mashed potatoes with gravy, biscuits, cheesecake and sweet tea. The firing squad is an ...

Prison spokeswoman Chrysti Shain said Sigmon’s last meal was four pieces of fried chicken, green beans, mashed potatoes with gravy, biscuits, cheesecake and sweet tea. The firing squad is an ...