South Carolina Prepares for First Firing Squad Execution
Inside EditionApril 5, 20251 min579,540 views
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- 🎯 Brad Keith Sigmon, 76, is scheduled to be executed by firing squad in South Carolina on Friday.
- 📅 This will mark the first time a firing squad has been used for an execution in the state.
Crime and Sentencing
- 🔪 Sigmon was sentenced to death in 2002 for the murders of Gladys and David Larke in 2001.
- 💔 The victims were killed with a baseball bat, suffering multiple blunt force injuries.
Execution Method Choice
- ⚖️ The State's Department of Correction offered Sigmon a choice between lethal injection, electric chair, or firing squad.
Legal Efforts and Governor's Decision
- 📜 Sigmon's attorneys have filed for clemency, seeking to commute his sentence to life without parole.
- ❌ The governor has not yet indicated whether he will approve this motion.
- ⏰ The execution is planned for 6:00 p.m. local time on Friday.
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