{"id":11129,"date":"2025-03-07T12:40:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T12:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/south-carolina-inmate-set-to-be-executed-by-firing-squad\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T12:40:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T12:40:16","slug":"south-carolina-inmate-set-to-be-executed-by-firing-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/south-carolina-inmate-set-to-be-executed-by-firing-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina Inmate Set to Be Executed by Firing Squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">South Carolina is planning to execute a prisoner on Friday evening with a firing squad, an extremely rare method that has not been used in the United States since 2010.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The inmate, Brad Sigmon, 67, was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend\u2019s parents, David and Gladys Larke, with a baseball bat in 2001.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A judge ordered Mr. Sigmon to choose from three methods of execution: lethal injection, electrocution or firing squad. His lawyer, Gerald King, said that Mr. Sigmon <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/21\/us\/execution-firing-squad-south-carolina.html\" title=\"\">chose to be shot<\/a> because he had concerns about South Carolina\u2019s lethal injection process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">If the execution is carried out, Mr. Sigmon will be the first inmate killed in such a manner in the state\u2019s history. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/1606\/death-penalty.aspx\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Polls<\/a> show that a majority of Americans favor the death penalty, but many view the firing squad as an archaic form of justice. But as lethal injection drugs have become harder to obtain \u2014 and have at times resulted <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/12\/21\/1144188268\/executions-2022-botched-lethal-injection\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">in botched executions<\/a> \u2014 several states have recently legalized firing squads as an execution method.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Utah is the only state that has used a firing squad in modern times; in addition to 2010, it did so <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/files.deathpenaltyinfo.org\/legacy\/documents\/ESPYyear.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">in 1996 and 1977<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Sigmon is to be executed in the death chamber at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, S.C., the state capital, shortly after 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Sigmon will be strapped to a metal chair that sits above a catch basin in a corner of the room, according to the state\u2019s protocols, and his lawyer will read his final statement. A hood will then be placed over his head. The South Carolina Department of Corrections <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/25549744-firing-squad-protocol\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> that \u201ca small aim point will be placed over his heart by a member of the execution team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The metal chair is 15 feet from a wall with a rectangular opening. Behind the wall will be a three-person firing squad facing Mr. Sigmon through the opening, according to the Department of Corrections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Because of a shield law passed in 2023, little is known about the firing squad members. According to a spokeswoman with the Department of Corrections, they train every month, year-round. A 2022 <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/25549744-firing-squad-protocol\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">news release<\/a> about renovations to the death chamber said that the firing squad consists of Department of Corrections employees who volunteer to take part. They will shoot a type of ammunition often used in police rifles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After the warden reads the execution order, the firing squad will shoot through the opening at the \u201caim point\u201d on Mr. Sigmon\u2019s heart. Witnesses sit in chairs along one wall of the chamber behind bullet-resistant glass. According to the department, witnesses can see the inmate, but not the firing squad\u2019s rifles through the opening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Three other states \u2014 Mississippi, Oklahoma and Idaho \u2014 allow the firing squad as a secondary method of execution, to be used only if a lethal injection drug cannot be obtained. In Idaho, the State Senate recently <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/death-penalty-firing-squad-idaho-botched-execution-b8a0a54e2ee00fb86237ea4fad084317\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">passed a bill<\/a> that would make death by firing squad the primary method.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The firing squad became legal in South Carolina in 2021, after the state passed a law that allowed death by electric chair or firing squad as options for people on death row. Inmates sued the state, claiming that both methods were cruel, corporal or unusual punishments, which are prohibited by the state Constitution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The South Carolina Supreme Court, which is dominated by Republican appointees, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/31\/us\/firing-squad-death-penalty.html\" title=\"\">ruled last year<\/a> that both methods are legal, writing that neither could be considered cruel or unusual because prisoners choose their method.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Since that ruling, the state\u2019s Department of Corrections has executed three people, all of whom chose to be killed by lethal injection. But Mr. King said that Mr. Sigmon had chosen a firing squad because of his concerns about South Carolina\u2019s process with the lethal injection drug, pentobarbital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. King has argued in court that the Department of Corrections has not shared basic facts about the drug that one \u201cwould want to know to feel confident that they\u2019ll work as intended,\u201d such as how it is stored, how quickly it expires and how it has been tested. South Carolina does not make its lethal injection protocol public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A spokeswoman for the Department of Corrections said last month that it had turned over all information about the drug in litigation and that the agency had \u201csworn to the effectiveness\u201d of it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Lindsey Vann, the executive director of the nonprofit Justice 360, represented two inmates in the state, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/04\/15\/us\/south-carolina-firing-squad-moore.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare\" title=\"\">Richard B. Moore<\/a> and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/south-carolina-execution-marion-bowman-lethal-injection-6ea9748c15f815e01249b6d706b0fb7e\" title=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/south-carolina-execution-marion-bowman-lethal-injection-6ea9748c15f815e01249b6d706b0fb7e\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Marion Bowman Jr<\/a>., whose recent executions by lethal injection did not go as planned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Vann said that in both instances, a second dose of pentobarbital was administered 10 minutes after the first, and that in both cases, the men did not die for more than 20 minutes after the procedure began. (Mr. Moore <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/04\/15\/us\/south-carolina-firing-squad-moore.html\" title=\"\">initially<\/a> chose to be executed by a firing squad, but changed his mind after the state procured lethal injection drugs.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. King said Mr. Sigmon felt that \u201cthe firing squad is what is left, given what he knows about the electric chair, and what he doesn\u2019t know about lethal injection.\u201d Mr. King said his client was feeling a \u201cmix of fear and frustration.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cEverything about this barbaric, state-sanctioned atrocity \u2014 from the choice to the method itself \u2014 is abjectly cruel,\u201d Mr. King said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Sigmon\u2019s lawyers have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review his case and issue a stay of execution. In case that is not granted, Mr. Sigmon has also asked Gov. Henry McMaster, a Republican, for clemency, though the governor has not granted that to a prisoner on death row since the state restarted executions last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Sigmon\u2019s lawyers have said that he suffered from an inherited mental illness and childhood brain damage. Those factors, they have argued, contributed to him murdering the Larkes with a baseball bat. After he killed them, Mr. Sigmon tried to kidnap his ex-girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The victims\u2019 grandson, Ricky Sims, told <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.greenvilleonline.com\/restricted?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greenvilleonline.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Flocal%2F2025%2F03%2F03%2Fsouth-carolina-set-to-execute-death-row-inmate-brad-sigmon-on-march-7%2F79743557007%2F&amp;gps-source=CPROADBLOCKDH&amp;itm_source=roadblock&amp;itm_medium=onsite&amp;itm_campaign=premiumroadblock&amp;gca-cat=p&amp;sltsgmt=1010_A&amp;theme=twentyfour&amp;hideGrid=true&amp;gnt-eid=control\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Greenville News<\/a> that Mr. Sigmon needed to pay for what he had done. \u201cHe took away two people who would have done anything for their family,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async 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