Brad Sigmon.Photo:South Carolina Department of Corrections
South Carolina Department of Corrections
Brad Sigmon’s execution is scheduled for March 7 for the 2001 baseball bat killings of his ex-girlfriend’s parents in Greenville County, per theAssociated PressandUSA Today.
According to the outlets, after killing David and Gladys Larke, Sigmon kidnapped his ex-girlfriend at gunpoint. Although he shot at her after she escaped his moving vehicle, she survived.
Image of a death chamber with an electric chair.Eric Seals/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty
Eric Seals/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty
According to theDeath Penalty Information Center, the execution method involves a person being bound to a chair with a black hood placed over their head. “Standing in an enclosure 20 feet away, five shooters are armed with .30 caliber rifles loaded with single rounds,” the organization states, adding that one shooter is given blank rounds.
Brad Sigmon.South Carolina Department of Corrections
King allegedly saw the firing squad as his “only choice.”
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“Brad has no illusions about what being shot will do to his body. He does not wish to inflict that pain on his family, the witnesses, or the execution team,” King said. “But, given South Carolina’s unnecessary and unconscionable secrecy, Brad is choosing as best he can.”
Sigmon will be executed at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, S.C., where he is being held, bar any last-minute appears, a spokesperson for King toldNBC News.
source: people.com
