‘I Won’t Forget’: Firing Squad Witness Reveals Horror of Watching Murderer Die

A reporter who witnessed the first American execution by firing squad in 15 years said that the experience will forever remain “etched” in his memory. In a first-person account published just before midnight, Jeffrey Collins of the Associated Press—one of just three journalists who were allowed to watch the execution—revealed the unique horror of seeing convicted double-murderer Brad Sigmon shot to death Friday evening. “The abrupt crack of the rifles startled me,” Collins wrote. “And the white