Sigmon’s lawyers said he chose the firing squad because the electric chair would “cook him alive ... execution method with a long and violent history in the US and around the world.

He said he “wrestled” with pushing for the method but found it “less barbaric” than the electric chair ... back to other periods in American history when firing squads were more ...

[From: Society’s Final Solution: A History and Discussion of the Death ... its gallows and the building of the nation’s first electric chair. It held its first victim, William Kemmler, in ...

Sigmon’s lawyers said he chose the firing squad because the electric chair would “cook him alive,” and he ... The firing squad is an execution method with a long and violent history in the U.S. and ...

Ushering the college basketball world into the third month of the year with aplomb, No. 5 Tennessee knocked off ... of Journalism with a double major in history ...

The Vols knew it was going to be a good day with Doyle on the mound, but they couldn’t have predicted they’d etch their names in the history books. If Tennessee wins on Saturday, they will tie ...

For the first time in its history, the U. S. Supreme Court has decided to review the use of the electric chair to carry out death sentences. Since its first use in 1890, there have been several ...

Women's History Month is a time to reflect on ... Across all the metrics, each state was ranked out of 100 total points. Tennessee ranks as No. 36 best state for women The Volunteer State is ...

Tennessee lawmakers for the first time honored the work of 15 enslaved men rented by the State of Tennessee in the 1800s to ...