March 7th 2025 for the first time in 15 years the u s has carried out an execution by firing squad and the Man in the chair was Brad Sigman Sigman was convicted for brutally murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2001 beating them to death with a baseball bat he was sentenced to death row but his execution was delayed for years due to Legal battles South Carolina ran out of lethal injection drugs forcing inmates to choose between the electric chair or a firing squad Sigman chose the firing squad fearing a botched execution at 608 p.m. Sigman was strapped to a chair a Target placed over his heart and three executioners fired simultaneously Witnesses say it was quick but disturbing does the firing squad belong in 2025 is the firing squad a Humane execution method or a barbaric return to the Past drop your thoughts in the comments like And subscribe for more shocking true crime stories follow for more True Crime updates