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

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

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

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.

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 ...

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

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

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

Mikal Mahdi, 42, was executed by firing squad, the second execution in South Carolina this year using the controversial ...

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

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.