Death by firing squad set to resume in the US – but no matter the method, all means of execution come with a troubling history

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par Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College

Barring any late developments, the U.S. is set to see its first execution by firing squad in 15 years on March 7, 2025.

Photos released by the South Carolina Department of Corrections suggest that the prisoner, Brad Sigmon, will be strapped to a metal seat in the same small death chamber that has been the location of the state’s…