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

Lawyers for Mikal Mahdi said the inmate's autopsy after his April 11 execution showed the shots nearly missed his heart, left ...

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 ...

Autopsy results following SC's firing-squad execution of Mikal Mahdi in April show bullets largely missed his heart, ...

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said Wednesday that he disagreed with calls for an investigation into a firing squad ...

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

Mikal Mahdi, a South Carolina inmate executed by firing squad, is said to have died in 'excruciating conscious pain,' ...

An autopsy photo of Mikal Mahdi's torso showed only two distinct wounds from the three volunteer prison employees who all had ...

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

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

Representative Neal Collins (R - Pickens) and Representative Justin Bamberg (D - Bamberg) filed a letter to South Carolina ...