Capital punishment has been a feature of America since colonial times and various methods have been used to kill convicts – ...

It's of Hans Lang, who holds the Guinness World Record for the longest natural beard for a male — his beard measured 17.6 ft ...

Brad Sigmon, convicted of a brutal 2001 double murder, was executed by firing squad after fighting to avoid the electric ...

Chief District Judge Shelly Dick's ruling came a week before Jessie Hoffman was set to be executed by nitrogen gas at the ...

Minutes apart, courts in the neighboring states of Louisiana and Texas each stopped upcoming executions, one on Thursday and ...

Sigmon was shot to death by the three state corrections department volunteers - who fired rifles at his chest with specially ...

Brad Sigmon was executed to exhibit the power of the state over its citizens. By choosing to be put to death by firing squad, Sigmon forced the State of South Carolina to put this power on full and ...

A South Carolina man convicted of murder has been executed by firing squad, the first US prisoner to die by that method in 15 ...

Sigmon’s 85-year-old mother has Alzheimer’s and is in ... S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left. AP He chose death by firing squad because he was worried ...

An elderly woman who depends on her wheelchair says she’s been left stranded and helpless. The Akron woman reached out to 19 ...