I might now be unique among U.S. reporters: I've witnessed three different methods — nine lethal injections and an electric chair execution ... where the three prison system volunteer shooters ...

which he saw as preferable to the electric chair or lethal injection. Three volunteer prison employees used rifles to carry out the execution of Brad Sigmon, 67, who was pronounced dead at 6:08 p.m.

The sound of electricity sizzling and crackling broke the silence. To me, it looked like the electric chair was officially back in the prisons.

Louisiana is preparing this week to execute a man by nitrogen gas, the first execution in the state in 15 years.

A South Carolina inmate is set to become the fifth person to be put to death since the state resumed executions in September after a 13-year pause.

A South Carolina man has been executed by firing squad, becoming the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by this method.

Prison officials said they have "completed ... ultimately led the state Supreme Court to rule the firing squad, electric chair and lethal injection were all legal and didn't violate the U.S ...

which he saw as preferable to the electric chair or lethal injection. Three volunteer prison employees used rifles to carry out the execution of Brad Sigmon, 67, who was pronounced dead at 6:08 p ...