Ralph Menzies' execution by firing squad is set for next month. This will be the first death by firing squad since 2010.

James “Jimmy” Robertson, convicted of killing his parents in Rock Hill in 1997, wants to drop an appeal and die after South ...

Officials in South Carolina gave remarks to the media on the firing squad execution of Mikal Mahdi, who was convicted of killing three people and numerous other "spree" crimes in 2004.

This photo provided by the South Carolina Dept. of Corrections shows the state’s death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left.

A South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders was put to death Friday by lethal injection in the state’s sixth execution in nine months. Stephen Stanko, 57, was pronounced ...

A firing squad execution in South Carolina raises questions about the state's procedures, with experts weighing in on their effectiveness compared to other methods. Other pieces highlight the ...

In South Carolina's first firing squad execution, the three bullets completely destroyed Brad Sigmon's heart. With Mahdi, an autopsy found that two bullet paths hit his organs and damaged one of ...

Stanko's lawyers had asked the South Carolina Supreme Court to delay his execution so they could get more information about the firing squad or further investigate any potential problems, but the ...

South Carolina is one of eight states to still use the electric chair and four to allow a firing squad, according to the Washington-based nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center.

South Carolina is one of only four to allow a firing squad. Since the U.S. reinstated the death penalty in 1977, three inmates in Utah were killed by a firing squad.

Republican Gov. Mike Braun stopped short of endorsing any specific execution methods but pointed to South Carolina, which recently reinstated the firing squad as an option after years of delays ...