A South Carolina man convicted of murder is scheduled to be executed by firing squad Friday night.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of condemned man Brad Sigmon, clearing the way for Friday’s firing squad execution.

Firing squads have a long and storied history in the U.S. They've served as a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way to discourage desertion during the Civil War and a dose of frontier justice in the Old West.

Three volunteer South Carolina prison employees will be the firing squad used to execute condemned killer Brad Sigmon on Friday.

South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in the U.S. in nearly 15 years.

A South Carolina man scheduled to face a firing squad next week is asking that his execution be postponed.

Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die by a firing squad.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has blocked two upcoming executions, saying those inmates cannot be put to death until they truly have a choice of a newly established firing squad option.

The two South Carolina inmates scheduled to die this month want an appellate court to halt their deaths by electrocution.

A South Carolina judge is refusing to block two executions set for later this month.