Did Serbia use a similar sound cannon to Romania in 1989?
A former Romanian prosecutor claims that the sound technology allegedly used in Belgrade last Saturday is a similar but more ...
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‘Violent and sudden’: Witness to first SC firing squad execution describes what he saw
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP/WCSC) - One of the media witnesses to Friday night’s execution, the first ever in the state to use a firing squad, provided his eyewitness account. Jeffrey Collins was one of three ...
The Mirror14d
Chilling last words of death row inmate first to be executed by firing squad in 15 years
The last words of a death row inmate who was the first in the US to be executed by firing squad in 15 years have been revealed. Brad Sigmon, 67, was shot by three prison guards at the Broad River ...
Indiatimes14d
Who was Brad Sigmon? First US prisoner executed by firing squad in 15 years
Brad Sigmon, 67, was executed by a firing squad in South Carolina, marking the first use of this method in the US in 15 years. Convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend’s parents in 2001 ...
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Death row inmate executed by firing squad in US for first time in 15 years
A convicted double murderer has been executed by firing squad in the first use of the method in the US for 15 years. Brad Sigmon, 67, chose to be killed by bullets, saying he feared the ...
CNN14d
Louisiana death row inmate seeks more ‘humane’ method of execution
Death by firing squad and medical-aid in dying, taking an oral solution of drugs mixed with apple juice, are alternative execution methods that would be more “humane,” Hoffman’s attorneys said.
WSPA14d
‘We are now under God’s grace and mercy’: Final words before SC man executed
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) – A Greenville County man became the first person in state history to be executed by a firing squad Friday and the first in the United States in 15 years. “The capital ...
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Violent and sudden. What a firing squad execution looked like through my eyes
I might now be unique among U.S. reporters: I've witnessed three different methods — nine lethal injections and an electric chair execution. I can still hear the thunk of the breaker falling 21 ...
Boston Herald14d
A South Carolina man executed by firing squad is the first US prisoner killed this way in 15 years
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man convicted of murder was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner to die by that method in 15 years. Three volunteer prison employees ...
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A South Carolina prisoner is the first executed by a firing squad in 15 years
COLUMBIA, S.C. — 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 ...
Los Angeles Times14d
South Carolina man executed by firing squad, first in U.S. in 15 years
COLUMBIA, S.C. — 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 ...
The Independent14d
South Carolina death row inmate executed by firing squad, first in U.S. in 15 years
The warden then read the execution warrant. Sigmon then took several deep breaths and the riflemen fired rounds of .308 Winchester TAP URBAN bullets at 6:05 p.m. A doctor confirmed Sigmon’s ...