Brad Keith Sigmon, sentenced to death for the 2001 double murder of David and Gladys Larke, is set to be executed by firing squad, marking the first use of this method in South Carolina. Sigmon chose this method over lethal injection, citing concerns over its secrecy. His execution is scheduled for March 7, as the South Carolina Supreme Court denied his latest motion to delay it. Advocacy groups are pushing for clemency, although no governor in South Carolina has granted clemency since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976.
"Sigmon was fearful and had chosen firing squad due to concerns over the lethal injection process, which the lawyer described as shrouded in secrecy."
"Anti-death penalty advocates plan to petition South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, who has the sole authority to grant clemency, to give Sigmon a permanent execution reprieve."
"Sigmon's death sentence followed a brutal double murder and kidnapping, which involved him violently attacking Barbare's parents with a baseball bat."
"This will be the first execution by firing squad in the United States in almost 15 years, and Sigmon will be the first prisoner executed by this method in South Carolina."
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