A prisoner of the death corridor South Carolina was executed by shooting squad Friday, making him the first American detainee in 15 years to receive this capital pain method.
In 2001, Brad Sigmon67 years old, was found guilty of having killed the parents of his ex-girlfriend, David and Gladys Larke, with a baseball bat before removing their daughter under the threat of a weapon. She escaped while he was pulling her shots.
Sigmon chose to be put to death in dismissing the team in February (the law of the state of South Carolina obliges detainees to decide how they will be executed).
Detainees can choose to die by Lethal injection, electrocution or shooting team, According to the Death Penalty Information Center.
Detainees sentenced to death by the shooting squad are attached to a chair when they enter the execution chamber With a target stuck above their hearts and a bag placed above their heads.
Three volunteers standing behind a curtain will then draw balls specially designed in the trunk of prisoners in unison.
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Sigmon’s lawyer said he had chosen this method because he was concerned about fatal injections; The recent post -mortem results indicated the use of dosage amounts greater than normal and medical complications on previously executed prisoners.
On January 31, Mario Bowman was administered double the typical dose of lethal injection. Most states use five grams of a combination of chemicals, but Bowman has received 10 grams of Pentobarbital.
His autopsy revealed that he suffered from pulmonary edema, a collection of blood and liquid in the lungs.
Likewise, Richard Moore’s autopsy, which was executed on November 1, 2024, revealed that he had received the same dose of Pentobarbital, delivered in two separate strokes, 11 minutes apart.
Since Sigmon chose his mode to death on February 21, his lawyer asked the Supreme South Carolina Court to delay her execution until more and more information is provided on her lethal injection protocols and argued that their client faces an impossible decision to die a tortuous death by lethal or violent injection.
The Supreme Court of the State rejected Wednesday.
“Brad Sigmon has repeatedly requested the basic facts necessary to determine if the South Carolina drugs have expired, diluted or spoiled. So far has been refused. He chose the shooting team because he was not willing to risk prolonged and tortuous death that he fears that his friends endured. Mr. Bowman’s autopsy confirms that these fears were justified, “said Gerald” Bo “King, Sigmon lawyer in a statement.
“There is no justice here,” he continued, “everything about this is a barbaric atrocity and sanctioned by the State-of the choice of the method itself-is abjectly cruel. We must not just be horrified – we must be furious, ”concluded the press release.
Idaho, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Utah are the only other states that allow the execution of the shooting team, and only three executions have been carried out in the United States using this method since 1977 – which were all in Utah. The last execution of the shooting team was by Ronnie Lee Gardner in 2010.
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