An upstate lawmaker is calling for an investigation into South Carolina's most recent death penalty case. Mikal Mahdi was executed by firing squad last month, the second time in the state's history.

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

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 ...

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

Representatives in South Carolina have filed a letter to state leaders saying Mikal Mahdi’s execution was, in their words, botched.

Opinion editor Matthew T. Hall writes that the state of South Carolina say everything went according to plan, but that’s not ...

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

Last week, we learned another hard lesson about executions, namely that there is no foolproof way of killing someone.

A South Carolina triple murderer and cop killer suffered "excruciating conscious pain" during a botched execution by firing squad last month.

A 42-year-old man convicted of two murders in 2004, Mikal Mahdi, chose a firing squad to carry out his death sentence.

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

A man who was put to death last month in South Carolina's second firing squad execution was conscious and likely in extreme ...