Death row killer who left message in blood for police picks rare execution method

After spending almost two decades awaiting execution on death row, a South Carolina man who taunted police with a message written in blood has chosen how he will die. Stephen Bryant, now 44, is scheduled to be killed by the state on November 14 after a full 17 years on death row. He’s opted to be executed by firing squad, a method where volunteers with guns positioned 15 feet away to carry out the punishment. His final appeal to the Supreme Court was rejected, sealing his fate nearly two