A South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by that method.

South Carolina plans to execute Marion Bowman Jr. on Friday for the Feb. 16, 2001, shooting death of 21-year-old Kandee Martin, who was killed five days before her son's second birthday.

The young woman's family says he's a liar and that they've been "counting down the minutes" until he dies. South Carolina plans to execute Marion Bowman Jr. on Friday for the Feb. 16, 2001, shooting ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad, a method of ...

Marion Bowman Jr. was executed at 6:27 p.m. Bowman ... Friday’s execution was the third in South Carolina since September as the state ended a 13-year pause in executions caused in part because ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man who is scheduled to die next week by firing squad is again asking that his ...

Brad Sigmon, 67, has opted not to die by electrocution or lethal injection in his planned March 7 execution. The last firing ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has set ... Sigmon's attorney said they wanted to find out if Marion Bowman was given two doses of pentobarbital at his execution on ...