Backlash to clemency for 15 on NC’s death row leads to GOP call to limit governor’s power
The bill, which has nine sponsors right now, proposes amending the N.C. Constitution to require legislative approval of all ...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution5d
Here’s how people on death row meet their ends in each state
As South Carolina prepares to execute a man by firing squad on Friday, here are the ways each state conducts capital punishment.
South Carolina Death Row Inmate Executed by Firing Squad in State First
Brad Sigmon, a convicted double murderer, has been executed by firing squad in South Carolina. It’s a first for the state ...
NC Republicans seek to limit governor's clemency powers after death row commutation controversy
House Bill 64 would change the State Constitution to require a Governor to get approval from the General Assembly.
Salisbury Post4d
Former Connecticut governor: NC must confront racism in the death penalty
By Dannel Malloy As a former prosecutor, mayor, governor of Connecticut and a member of the International Commission Against the Death Penalty, I have spent much of my career in and around the ...
WCIV Charleston on MSN5d
South Carolina execution by firing squad marks first use of method in U.S. in 15 years
The death of Brad Sigmon has left a significant mark on South Carolina, provoking intense reactions from residents and ...
The Journal Record10h
Competent to die: State’s arbitrary IQ rule defies scientific recommendation
Wendell Grissom’s execution is set despite claims of brain damage, as Oklahoma’s death penalty law faces scrutiny over its definition of intellectual disability.
Greenville man becomes first person in over a decade to be executed by firing squad
Three Department of Corrections sharpshooters fired on Sigmon, on death row for the 2001 beating deaths of David and Gladys Larke of Taylors.
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Double murderer Brad Sigmon becomes first US death row inmate to die by firing squad in 15 years
A convicted double murderer in South Carolina became the first American death row inmate to die by firing squad in 15 years — and his execution was the first of its kind to be performed in the ...
Yahoo News Singapore5d
South Carolina Conducts Its First Execution by Firing Squad
In December 2024, then-President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of 37 men on federal death row, while North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of 15 men on the state’s death ...