Man who wrote message in victim's blood chooses execution by firing squad

Bryant is being put to death for killing a man in his home. Investigators said he burned Willard "TJ" Tietjen's eyes with ...

Murderer who taunted cops with messages written in blood chooses execution by firing squad

Stephen Bryant, 44, a man on South Carolina's death row notorious for taunting investigators with a letter written in his ...
NBC 6 South Florida

South Carolina kills death-row prisoner in state's first firing squad execution

A South Carolina man convicted in a double murder in 2002 died Friday by firing squad, a rarely used execution method never before carried out by the state. Brad Sigmon, 67, was pronounced dead at ...

S.C. death row inmate chooses execution by firing squad

A South Carolina death row inmate who is set to become the 50th man executed since the state reinstated the death penalty 40 ...
Yahoo

Indiana hides executions. Firing squads would be more honest. | Opinion

Brad Sigmon had three options: die by firing squad, die by electrocution or die by a new lethal injection drug. He chose the firing squad. Mikal Mahdi made the same choice. South Carolina executed ...

Horrifying botched executions, from body catching fire to harrowing screams

The US has brought back an ancient killing method on death row as one writer begins to uncover the times it didn't quite go ...
Post and Courier

Secrecy concerns over SC firing squad highlighted after inmate picks another way to die this week

COLUMBIA — Just a couple of months ago, Stephen Stanko was leaning toward being executed by gunfire. Despite the associated blood and gore, the firing squad offered a quick, sure and less-agonizing ...
The Republic

South Carolina man convicted of murdering two people gets a June execution date

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man who was twice sentenced to die for killing two people nearly two decades ago was scheduled Friday to be executed on June 13. The state Supreme Court issued ...
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Secrecy concerns over SC firing squad highlighted after inmate picks another way to die this week (copy)

COLUMBIA — Just a couple of months ago, Stephen Stanko was leaning toward being executed by gunfire. Despite the associated blood and gore, the firing squad — condemned inmates like himself were told ...