And instead of the green prison jumpsuits worn by death row inmates, Mahdi will likely be in black jogging pants and a T-shirt. Mahdi chose a firing squad over lethal injection or electrocution ...

And instead of the green prison jumpsuits worn by death row inmates, Mahdi will likely be in black jogging pants and a T-shirt. Mahdi chose a firing squad over lethal injection or electrocution ...

If it proceeds, Mahdi’s execution would be the latest in a recent string of events that have put the spotlight on the firing squad as a handful of US death penalty states explore alternatives to ...

He chose firing squad over lethal injection ... the same prison where Sigmon was put to death. He will likely wear black jogging pants and a T-shirt, as Sigmon did, instead of the green prison ...

As someone who has studied execution methods in the U.S., I see the resumption of death by firing squad as part of a morbid search for “better” execution methods. It comes amid concern over ...

A prisoner on South Carolina’s death row is scheduled this week to die by firing squad, the state’s first-ever use of that execution method. Brad Keith Sigmon, convicted of double murder ...

Sigmon used his final words to call upon fellow Christians to help end the death penalty, according to media witnesses. Sigmon selected the state's newly implemented firing squad over lethal ...

The firing squad has a long and thorny history in the U.S. South Carolina on Friday is scheduled to put the first person to death by firing squad in the U.S. in 15 years. Brad Sigmon, who was ...