A death row inmate who is terrified of the electric chair and being "tortured by lethal injection" has been granted the opportunity to choose the manner of his execution. Brad Sigmon, 67, killed the ...

The sound of electricity sizzling and crackling broke the silence. To me, it looked like the electric chair was officially back in the prisons.

For the first time in its history, the U. S. Supreme Court has decided to review the use of the electric chair to carry out death sentences. Since its first use in 1890, there have been several ...

The state now allows death row inmates to choose between lethal injection and firing squad, with the electric chair as the ...

South Carolina executed Brad Sigmon by firing squad on March 7, marking its first use of the execution method.

A South Carolina man convicted of murder is scheduled to be executed by firing squad Friday night. Brad Sigmon beat to death ...

On Friday, he became the first South Carolina inmate to choose the state's new firing squad over lethal injection or the electric chair. Only three inmates in the U.S. have been executed by firing ...