Brad Sigmon, a 67-year-old man who has spent more than two decades on death row, is set to be executed by firing squad
tonight (March 7), marking the first execution of its kind in South america Carolina’s history. With just hours left before his
scheduled execution, Sigmon has made a last-minute plea for clemency, hoping for an intervention from Governor Henry
McMaster. The Crime and ConvictionSigmon was sentenced to death in 2002 after being convicted of the brutal murders of his
ex-girlfriend’s parents, David and Gladys Larke, in Greenville County, South Carolina. According to court records, he beat them
to death with a baseball bat in their home before kidnapping his ex-girlfriend, Rebecca Barbre, at gunpoint. Barbre managed to
escape from his vehicle before he could harm her further.
