The last sentence he was fired in the United States for the first time since 2010 is his last sentence
A South Carolina man, who recently became the first person in the United States to be executed by a fifteen-year shooting squad, shared a passionate final confession.
Brad Sigmon was fired Friday, March 7, confirmed at a press conference aired by the Associated Press after the execution.
SCDC’s communications director Chrysti Shain said the 67-year-old was pronounced dead at 6:08 PM local time at Broad River correctional agency in Colombia, fulfilling his 2002 death penalty in the burglary case and the death of his ex-girlfriend David and Gladys Larke in 2001.
Sigmon killed the couple at his South Carolina home with a baseball bat, and later told authorities that he also planned to kill his daughter, according to the Associated Press.
South Carolina Department of Corrections through AP
Brad Sigmon
Before his death, Sigmon’s lawyers read his last sentence during the death penalty, which included three relatives of the victim and Sigmon’s spiritual counsel, as well as other officials and media members, according to the SCDC.
Sigmon began his final confession, “I hope my end statement will be one of love and call on my Christians to help us end the death penalty.” “The sight of the jury seeking death penalty was used as a reason for the jury. At the time, I was too ignorant to know how wrong that was. Why? Because we no longer follow the Old Testament law, but live under the New Testament.”
He then went on to quote many other Bible verses.
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Protesters showcase outside Brad Sigmon’s execution by firing squad
Sigmon enjoyed fried chicken, mung beans, mashed potatoes, gravy, cookies, cheesecake and sweet tea before the March 7 execution. The meal was offered to him on Wednesday, March 5.
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Sigmon chose the shooting squad rather than two other state-approved methods of execution, lethal injection or electric chair. Explaining his decision, Sigmon’s lawyer said he thought the chairman would “cook him alive” and was worried that the fluid and blood that emitted his lungs would flood him by injection.
Sigmon asked the South Carolina Supreme Court to stop his execution the day before the execution because the details of the state’s deadly injection method were secret and to no avail. People also protested against his execution on March 7, gathered outside Columbia prison and urged the state to end the death penalty.
According to the Associated Press, since 1977, only three people in the United States have been executed by shooting teams in the United States.
All three deaths occurred in Utah, and another inmate from Ralph Menzies in the state would be the next step, but his lawyer is currently arguing that his dementia makes him unsuitable for execution.
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