The firing squad chair in which Brad Sigmon will be strapped before three volunteers shoot him dead. South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP Barring any late developments, the U.S. is set to ...
It was a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way to discourage desertion during the Civil War and a dose of frontier justice in the Old West. In modern times, some consider it a more humane ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. It was a punishment for mutiny in colonial ...