(GoRealNewsNow.com) – The upcoming execution of convicted murderer Brad Keith Sigmon marks a significant moment in U.S. history as South Carolina prepares to use a firing squad for the first time in 15 years.
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Sigmon brutally murdered his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat in 2001 while under the influence of drugs and alcohol.
The state’s return to this traditional method of carrying out capital punishment comes as lethal injection drugs have become increasingly difficult to obtain due to woke pharmaceutical companies refusing to provide them.
According to his attorney Gerald King, Sigmon chose the firing squad over lethal injection and the electric chair, fearing the latter would “burn and cook him alive.”
The brutal nature of his crimes has finally caught up with him after a 23-year wait for justice.
Sigmon confessed to planning to kill both his ex-girlfriend and himself, telling investigators, “I couldn’t have her, I wasn’t going to let anybody else have her.”
The execution process will involve Sigmon being strapped to a chair and hooded, with a target placed over his heart.
Three volunteer shooters will fire from 15 feet away using .308-caliber Winchester ammunition specially designed to break apart upon impact to destroy the heart.
South Carolina spent approximately $54,000 in 2022 to construct the firing squad area, ensuring the state can carry out lawful executions despite obstacles created by anti-death penalty activists.
Furthermore, court documents revealed that Sigmon told friends he planned to “get Becky for leaving him the way she did.”
After murdering David and Gladys Larke with a baseball bat, he kidnapped his ex-girlfriend at gunpoint.
When she managed to escape, he shot at her but missed. The convicted killer has since admitted his guilt, saying, “I am guilty… I have no excuse for what I did.”
The South Carolina Supreme Court has upheld that firing squad executions do not violate the U.S. Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
This ruling is a victory for law-and-order advocates who believe justice delayed is justice denied. Firing squads have a deep historical presence in America.
They were used for punishment in colonial times, to discourage desertion during the Civil War, and as frontier justice in the Old West.
Since lethal injection drugs have become scarce due to pharmaceutical companies caving to pressure from anti-death penalty activists, five states have authorized firing squads under certain circumstances: Idaho, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah.
Only three inmates have been executed by firing squad in the United States since 1976, all in Utah.
Meanwhile, prison officials have confirmed they have “completed all required training” for the execution.
South Carolina’s return to this effective and constitutional method of carrying out death sentences represents the state’s commitment to upholding the law and providing justice for victims’ families despite obstacles created by death penalty opponents.
The Larke family has been waiting for justice for 23 years, missing countless family milestones since David and Gladys were brutally murdered.
Even Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has acknowledged that “death by shooting may also be comparatively painless” compared to other methods, undermining arguments from those who oppose the practice.
Despite predictable objections from liberal activists who call the method “barbaric,” South Carolina’s decision to move forward with the firing squad represents a commitment to upholding the rule of law and ensuring that heinous crimes receive appropriate punishment.
For families of murder victims across America, the execution serves as a reminder that justice, though sometimes delayed, will ultimately be served.
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