A South Carolina man convicted of murder has been executed by firing squad, the first US prisoner to die by that method in 15 years. Brad Sigmon, 67, was pronounced dead at 6.08pm local time after being shot by three volunteer prison employees wielding rifles loaded with live ammunition. Sigmon killed his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat in their Greenville County home in 2001 in a botched plot to kidnap their daughter. He told police he planned to take her for a romantic weekend, then kill her and himself. Sigmon’s lawyers said he chose the firing squad because the...
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