Brad Sigmon, a South Carolina man on death row, has opted for death by firing squad, set for execution on March 7. Sigmon's choice stems from concerns over the state's lethal injection process. His lawyer emphasized the inhumanity of the execution methods available and criticized the state's legal ruling that firing squads cannot be deemed cruel due to alternative choices. This decision aligns with a 2021 law enabling electrocution or firing squad as legal execution methods, as the state struggled to obtain lethal injection drugs, making it the first firing squad execution in South Carolina history.
Mr. King said in a statement announcing Mr. Sigmon's execution choice. Everything about this barbaric, state-sanctioned atrocity — from the choice to the method itself — is abjectly cruel.
The State Supreme Court ruled last year that death by firing squad was a legal form of punishment even though it is largely viewed as an archaic form of justice.
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