South Carolina to carry out first firing squad execution in US in 15 years

South Carolina plans to execute a man convicted of two murders by firing squad on Friday, the first use of the method in the U.S. in 15 years.

Brad Sigmon, 67, chose to be killed by a firing squad, saying he feared the alternatives of the electric chair or lethal injection would risk a slower and more torturous death.

Sigmon was convicted of beating to death his ex-girlfriend’s parents, William