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

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

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

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

Opinion editor Matthew T. Hall writes that the state of South Carolina say everything went according to plan, but that’s not ...

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

Two House members asked the governor, prisons director and top legislators to investigate whether Mikal Mahdi's execution in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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