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 ...

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.

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

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

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

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

RAY, THANK YOU. IN OTHER NEWS, WE HAVE INFORMATION NOW ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA MAN WHO WAS PUT TO DEATH LAST MONTH BY FIRING SQUAD. LAWYERS FOR MILLER SAY THAT HE WAS CONSCIOUS AND SUFFERED EXTREME ...

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