COLUMBIA — The South Carolina convict who died by firing squad today chose Kentucky Fried Chicken for his last meal, which he shared with his death row buddies, according to his attorney.
Double murderer Brad Sigmon, 67, who became the first US death row inmate to die by the unusual method in 15 years, chose death by firing squad over the electric chair or lethal injection.
Before being taken into the death chamber, Sigmon, who pleaded guilty to murdering his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat in 2001, had “finger lickin’ good” KFC one last time, his lawyer, Gerald “Bo” King, told WYFF4.
Double murderer Brad Sigmon chose three buckets of original recipe Kentucky Fried Chicken for his last meal, according to his attorney. (REUTERS)
“Brad is someone who, for his last meal, asked to get three buckets of original recipe Kentucky Fried Chicken so he could share with the guys he’s incarcerated with on death row,” King told the outlet, adding that Sigmon serves as an “informal chaplain” of the jailbirds.
In a last-minute bid to spare his client from the firing squad early Friday, King cited his personal connections inside the clink as evidence of his rehabilitation — and argued that Sigmon should have never received the death penalty because he was struggling with mental health at the time of the slayings.
But South Carolina’s Supreme Court rejected the plea, paving the way for his execution unless Gov. Henry McMaster commutes his death sentence.
Sigmon plans to share the KFC chicken with his jailbird friends, his attorney revealed. (AP)
The Republican will make his decision moments before the execution is slated to begin, but no Palmetto State governor has granted clemency in the 49 years since the death penalty was restored.
By GEORGIA WORRELL/New York Post
