In the United States for the first time in 15 years, executed by shooting

In the United States, for the first time in 15 years, shooting is used as a method of executing a prisoner who was convicted of murder.

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In the United States, for the first time in 15 years, shooting is used as a method of executing a prisoner who was convicted of murder.

This will be the first execution by shooting in South Carolina, according to the Associated Press (AP). It is specified that 67-year-old Brad Sigmon was sentenced to death. The sentence will be executed on March 7. Sigmon was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents and kidnapping her. The lawyer of the convict claims that his client himself chose the shooting, refusing to be executed by electric chair. He found this method more painful. During the execution, Sigmon will be tied to a chair, put on a hood and set a target on his heart. Three volunteers will shoot from a distance of about 4.6 meters. Since 1976, only three inmates have been executed by shooting. All three cases occurred in Utah. On January 21, US President Donald Trump signed a decree according to which the use of the death penalty was resumed in the country at the federal level.

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