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

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

State Reps. Neil Collins (R-District 5) and Justin Bamberg (D-District 90) question whether 'proper standards and protocols' ...

Two South Carolina legislators have requested an investigation into the state's firing squad execution last month after ...

According to a status report filed by Mikal Mahdi’s lawyers, the autopsy and eyewitness accounts of his death raise several ...

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 ...

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

Some U.S. politicians insist that the execution methods in their state are relatively painless. But it’s all a farce.

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

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