The executioner’s song: Death by firing squad triggers old memories

At 11.05pm on Friday night (March 7) - while most us Brits were down the pub, or engrossed in the latest Netflix series - Brad Sigmon, 67, was strapped into a chair in front of a firing squad.

Don’t show too much sympathy - he not only undoubtedly did murder his ex-girlfriend’s parents in 2001 - but he also chose the firing squad as his preferred method …