COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina man who killed his ex ... jarring bang that caused witnesses to flinch. His arms briefly tensed when he was shot, and the target was blasted off his chest.

A convicted double murderer has been executed by firing squad – the first such execution in the United States since 2010, according to the South Carolina ... His arms were bare but no other ...

and that a minute later his “body shook and his fingers twitched” and he “appeared to pull at the arms of the table.” That was followed by his hands clenching. The South Carolina Supreme ...

The last time such an execution took place was 15 years ago, in Utah. The South Carolina inmate chose the method because of his concerns about lethal injection, his lawyer said. By Eduardo Medina ...

COLUMBIA, S.C.— A firing squad on Friday executed a South Carolina man who killed an off ... He cried out as the shots hit him, and his arms flexed. A white target with the red bull’s-eye ...

South Carolina plans to execute a man by firing squad on March 7, the first such execution in the state and the first in the nation in 15 years. But firearms experts are questioning whether South ...