Randy Gardner, hold the ashes of his brother Ronnie the last death row inmate to be executed by firing squad during a protest outside the execution of South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Sawyer Baker protests the execution of South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. For the first time in 15 years a death row inmate in the U.S. will be executed by a firing squad. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Bill Scicchitano prays outside the execution of South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Bucky Bruce protests the scheduled execution of South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Sam Heath of Equal Justice USA reads scripture before the South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty presented a petition to stop the firing squad execution of Brad Sigmon to the South Carolina governor's office on Thursday, March 6, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
Randy Gardner speaks at a news conference before the South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty presented a petition to stop the firing squad execution of Brad Sigmon to the South Carolina governor's office on Thursday, March 6, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
Rev. Hillary Taylor of South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty prepares to present a petition to stop the firing squad execution of Brad Sigmon to the South Carolina governor's office on Thursday, March 6, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
A witness, Jeffrey Collins, reporter for The Associated Press describes the execution of South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon during a news conference, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Chrysti Shain, Director of Communications for the South Carolina Department of Corrections, speaks during a news conference after the execution of South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
A media witness, Anna Dobbins describes the execution of South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon during a news conference, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Bucky Bruce protests the scheduled execution of South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. For the first time in 15 years a death row inmate in the U.S. will be executed by a firing squad. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Sawyer Baker protests the execution of South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Randy Gardner, hold the ashes of his brother Ronnie, the last death row inmate to be executed by firing squad during a protest outside the execution of South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
A witness, Jeffrey Collins, reporter for The Associated Press describes the execution of South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon during a news conference, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Protestors demonstrate outside the scheduled execution of South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
A hearse leaves the prison after the execution of South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. For the first time in 15 years a death row inmate in the U.S. was be executed by a firing squad. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Vivian Lovingood protests the scheduled execution of South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. For the first time in 15 years a death row inmate in the U.S. will be executed by a firing squad. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
This undated image provided by shows Brad Sigmon, convicted of beating to death his estranged girlfriends parents in Greenville County in 2001. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP)
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FILE - Capital punishment protesters pray on the grounds of Riverbend Maximum Security Institution before the scheduled execution of inmate Oscar Smith, Thursday, April 21, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
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Randy Gardner, hold the ashes of his brother Ronnie the last death row inmate to be executed by firing squad during a protest outside the execution of South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
