South Carolina legislators call for an investigation into Mikal Mahdi's firing squad execution, amid claims of a "botched" ...

Two South Carolina legislators are seeking an investigation into the state's firing squad execution last month.

An autopsy later revealed that none of the bullets hit his heart directly, and that his chest showed only two bullet wounds ...

A pathologist hired by death row inmates' attorneys says a South Carolina man executed by firing squad was conscious and ...

An inmate sentenced to death twice in two South Carolina killings has been scheduled to be executed on June 13.

The May 2025 firing squad execution of Mikal Deen Mahdi in South Carolina was botched, resulting in a prolonged and painful death, and raising questions about the constitutionality of the method and ...

Mikal Mahdi was the second man in South Carolina to be executed by a three-person firing squad on April 11, after admitting ...

State Reps. Neil Collins (R-District 5) and Justin Bamberg (D-District 90) question whether 'proper standards and protocols' ...

A botched firing squad execution left Mikal Mahdi conscious and in agony for up to a minute, after bullets missed his heart, ...

Stephen Stanko is scheduled for death on June 13 and must decide by May 30 whether to die by lethal injection, firing squad, ...

Cop-killer Mikal Mahdi yelled in pain when he was shot inside of the state’s death chamber on April 11. He was executed for ...

A pathologist hired by attorneys for death row inmates says a South Carolina man executed by firing squad was conscious and ...