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

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

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

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 solicitor who sought the death penalty for Mikal Mahdi responded Thursday to calls to investigate his execution.

A SOUTH Carolina firing squad has been accused by experts of botching the execution of a convicted cop killer, leaving him in ...

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

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

Amid calls for an investigation into an allegedly “botched” execution, the man who pushed for the death penalty in the case is making his rebuttal.

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

Bree Derrick is now at the helm of Idaho’s prison system, stepping into a key leadership role as the department navigates ...