COLUMBIA, S.C. ( WSPA ) — A South Carolina man became the first person in the state history to be executed by a firing squad Friday, and the first in the U.S. in 15 years.
“The capital punishment sentence of Brad Kieth Sigmon was carried out tonight in pursuant with the Supreme Court and South Carolina state law,” Chrysti Shain, a spokesperson with the South Carolina Department of Corrections, said during a press conference after the execution.
It’s an uncommon form of capital punishment across the country. Sigmon was executed by a three-person firing squad shortly after 6 p.m. on Friday.
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“The curtain opened, and he looked towards his attorney who was on the front row of the witness. They kind of had an exchange. I couldn’t tell because his mouth was covered what they were mouthing back and forth to each other but it looked like he was just saying he was okay to his attorney,” said Jeffrey Collins, a reporter for The Associated Press…