2025-03-08 13:48:45

‘Etched in my mind’: witness to South Carolina firing squad execution describes killing

Brad Sigmon was executed on Friday for the murders of his ex-girlfriend’s parents in 2001A reporter for the Associated Press who watched as South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing squad has described the experience, saying that the experience of witnessing the killing was now “etched” in his mind.Jeffrey Collins, who has witnessed executions in South Carolina for the news agency for 21 years and has now seen 11 people killed using three different methods, wrote a short essay about the experience. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/08/south-carolina-firing-squad

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