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 ...

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 ...

A South Carolina man has been executed by firing squad, becoming the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by this method.

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.