Two South Carolina legislators have requested an investigation into the state's firing squad execution last month after ...

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 ...

The May 2025 firing squad execution of Mikal Deen Mahdi in South Carolina was botched, resulting in a prolonged and painful ...

Two House members asked the governor, prisons director and top legislators to investigate whether Mikal Mahdi's execution in ...

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

A firing squad execution carried out in South Carolina went wrong, leaving the subject alive and in pain for nearly a minute ...

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

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said Wednesday that he disagreed with calls for an investigation into a firing squad execution allegedly mishandled by the state.

Lawyers who represent the recently executed Mikal Mahdi are alleging that the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) ...

The lawmaker behind the death penalty bill said he expects legislators will pass it before this year’s session adjourns.

A South Carolina man executed last month by firing squad may have suffered for an extended period of time before dying ...