A South Carolina inmate is set to die by firing squad Friday, a rare execution method in the United States that experts say more places may turn to.

The inmate chose to be executed by firing squad over the two other methods in South Carolina — the electric chair and lethal ...

Only three people have been executed by firing squad in the U.S. since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.

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.