Final words of first US death row inmate to be executed in 15 years

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : 'But what's going on in my mind doesn't matter.
49% : During his appeal hearing on Friday, Sigmon's attorney told the court that his client has spent his final days thinking of the men he's befriended on death row, which he says is evidence of his rehabilitation.
48% : King said Sigmon's final days have been spent thinking of the men he has befriended while on death row, which he says is evidence of his rehabilitation.
46% : 'Brad is someone who served as an informal chaplain to the guys on death row.
45% : Sigmon's lawyer Bo King said he chose to have three buckets of Kentucky Fried Chicken as his final meal so he could share it with other inmates on death row.
45% : 'If he chose lethal injection, he risked the prolonged death suffered by all three of the men South Carolina has executed since September -- three men Brad knew and cared for -- who remained alive, strapped to a gurney, for more than twenty minutes,' King wrote in a statement.
44% : 'If he chose lethal injection, he risked the prolonged death suffered by all three of the men South Carolina has executed since September.
43% : South Carolina spent $54,000 in 2022 to construct its firing squad apparatus, which will be in the same room as the electric chair and lethal injection gurney.
42% : 'It makes me sick to think that in today's world, Mr. Sigmon had to choose between lethal injection, electric chair, or the firing squad as the method [...]
41% : There is no humane way to execute anyone.' South Carolina reportedly spent $54,000 in 2022 to construct its firing squad range, which will be in the same room as the electric chair and lethal injection gurney.
40% : His lawyer said last month after Sigmon chose the firing squad method that he wanted to avoid the electric chair because it would 'burn and cook him alive', but felt lethal injections have become just as painful.
39% : 'Unless he elected lethal injection or the firing squad, he would die in South Carolina's ancient electric chair, which would burn and cook him alive.
38% : The uncertainty surrounding lethal injections - which have been plagued by issues for years amid a shortage of the drugs used - led Sigmon to pick a method that he knows will be a violent death, King said.
37% : Sigmon was offered the choice of death by lethal injection, electric chair, or firing squad, but chose the latter over concerns about recent issues with injection executions and the condition of the state's 'ancient' electric chair.

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