(Patriot.Buzz) – South Carolina is bringing back a traditional method of justice as convicted murderer Brad Keith Sigmon faces execution by firing squad tomorrow.
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While liberal activists decry the practice as “barbaric,” many conservatives view it as proper justice for a man who brutally murdered his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat and then attempted to kill her, too.
Sigmon, who will be the first person executed by firing squad in the United States in 15 years, chose this method over lethal injection and the electric chair.
His attorney claims he feared the electric chair would “burn and cook him alive” and was concerned about the potentially prolonged death process with lethal injection.
The execution will be carried out with precision and efficiency. Sigmon will be strapped to a chair, hooded, and targeted over the heart by three volunteer shooters positioned 15 feet away.
They will use specialized .308-caliber Winchester ammunition designed to break apart upon impact to destroy the heart, ensuring a swift death immediately.
Sigmon’s crime was particularly heinous. In 2001, while under the influence of crack cocaine and alcohol, he murdered David and Gladys Larke with a baseball bat.
Court documents revealed his motive was to “get Becky for leaving him the way she did.” He later kidnapped his ex-girlfriend at gunpoint, but she managed to escape. When she fled, he shot at her but missed.
As per court documents, Sigmon confessed, “I couldn’t have her, I wasn’t going to let anybody else have her.”
Moreover, South Carolina’s return to the firing squad highlights practical solutions to the problems that have plagued modern execution methods.
The state legislature approved this method due to difficulties obtaining lethal injection drugs, which have been restricted by pharmaceutical companies bowing to pressure from anti-death penalty activists.
The state spent approximately $54,000 in 2022 to construct the firing squad facility.
The state Supreme Court has firmly established that the firing squad, electric chair, and lethal injection do not violate the U.S. Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
In fact, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor noted that “in addition to being near instant, death by shooting may also be comparatively painless.”
Firing squads have deep historical roots in American justice. They were used to punish mutiny in colonial times, discourage desertion during the Civil War, and serve as frontier justice in the Old West.
The earliest recorded execution by shooting in America was in 1608 in Jamestown, Virginia. Today, four other states – Idaho, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Utah – also authorize firing squads.
Prison officials have confirmed that the execution team has “completed all required training” to ensure the process is carried out properly.
Unlike lethal injection, which has become the most frequently botched execution method, firing squads with properly trained marksmen provides a swift and certain end.
Despite his attorney’s objections, even Sigmon himself has acknowledged his guilt. “I am guilty… I have no excuse for what I did,” he stated.
The Larke family has been denied the presence of their loved ones at countless milestones since their murders over two decades ago.
As this execution proceeds, it represents not only justice for a horrific crime but also a return to methods that have proven reliable throughout American history when modern alternatives have failed to deliver swift and certain justice.
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