A South Carolina man who was twice sentenced to die for killing two people nearly two decades ago was scheduled Friday to be ...

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

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

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 death, and raising questions about the constitutionality of the method 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 pathologist hired by attorneys for death row inmates says a South Carolina man executed by firing squad was conscious and ...

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

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

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

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