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

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

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

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.

Mikal Mahdi, a South Carolina inmate executed by firing squad, is said to have died in 'excruciating conscious pain,' ...

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

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

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

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

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

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