a South Carolina A man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat in 2001 was executed for firing a squad on Friday evening. This is the first method used in the US in 15 years.
According to the Associated Press, 67-year-old Brad Sigmon was declared dead at 6:08pm when he was 67.
Sigmon, who had previously admitted to killing the couple for his ex-girlfriend refused to return to him, was blindfolded and tied to a chair with a target in his chest.
Brad Sigmon was convicted in 2001 for beating the parents of an estranged girlfriend in Greenville County. (Correctal Department via the AP of South Carolina)
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Armed with a rifle about 15 feet away, the executioner fired a bullet into his heart.
All volunteers fired simultaneously through an opening in the wall, according to the Associated Press. Dozens of witnesses, sitting in a room separated from the room with bullet-resistant glass, were unable to see the executioner.
Just hours before the death sentence, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an emergency motion to suspend execution.
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster and South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson have signed the action.
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The executions in South Carolina resumed in September. It resumed in September when one of the once busiest states for enforcement ended its 13-year hiatus in carrying out the death penalty.
Last year, 25 executions were carried out in the United States. Five people have already been implemented in 2025 for each death penalty information center.
Michael Dorgan of Fox News Digital and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
