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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

the prison system and leaders in the state House and Senate for an independent and comprehensive review of the April 11 execution of Mikal Mahdi. They also want the firing squad removed from the ...