The Sun4d
The bullseye on his chest disappeared as three shots rang out – inside the US’s first firing squad execution in 15 years
Sigmon was strapped into a chair, a red bullseye placed over his chest, and executed for his crime by firing squadCredit: Supplied But it didn’t play out like that. He ended up bludgeoning her ...
Daily Mail4d
In horrific detail, the minute-by-minute account of America's first firing squad execution in 15 years: The bullseye target disintegrated in a volley of bullets. A stain of ...
A white piece of paper painted with a red bulls-eye was pinned directly over the doomed man's heart. Wearing a black jumpsuit and black Crocs, double murderer Brad Sigmon, 67, shuffled into the ...
The Taipei Times4d
US inmate executed by firing squad
On Friday, Sigmon wore a black jumpsuit with a hood over his head and a white target with a red bullseye over his chest. The armed prison employees stood 4.6m from where he sat in the state’s death ...
Gulf News5d
US carries out first firing squad execution since 2010
Brad Sigmon, 67, was executed by a three-person firing squad A South Carolina man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat was put to death by firing squad on Friday ...
WDRB6d
Violent and sudden. What a firing squad execution looked like through my eyes
A white target with a red bullseye that had been on his chest disappeared instantly as Sigmon’s whole body flinched.
National Catholic Reporter6d
Editorial: South Carolina's firing squad execution magnifies cruelty of death penalty
A basin was set below to catch his blood. On his chest a tiny white target with a red bullseye was pinned precisely over his heart, designed to ensure swift death, though nothing about this scene ...
ABC News5d
Man executed by firing squad is the first US prisoner killed this way in 15 years
A South Carolina man has been executed by firing squad, becoming the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by this method COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend’s ...
Dawn4d
US carries out first firing squad execution since 2010
Journalists who witnessed the execution from behind bulletproof glass said Sigmon was wearing a black jumpsuit with a small red bullseye made of paper or cloth over his heart and was strapped into ...
The Sun3d
‘Sitting hooded with a red target on his chest’: Witness reveals shock details of Brad Sigmon’s firing squad execution
He recalled: "The white target with the red bullseye that had been on his chest, standing out against his black prison jumpsuit, disappeared instantly as Sigmon’s whole body flinched." ...
The Baltimore Sun5d
A South Carolina man executed by firing squad is the first US prisoner killed this way in 15 years
On Friday, Sigmon wore a black jumpsuit with a hood over his head and a white target with a red bullseye over his chest. The armed prison employees stood 15 feet (4.6 meters) from where he sat in ...