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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.
Lawyers who represent the recently executed Mikal Mahdi are alleging that the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) ...
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 ...
An autopsy later revealed that none of the bullets hit his heart directly, and that his chest showed only two bullet wounds ...
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said Wednesday that he disagreed with calls for an investigation into a firing squad ...
A firing squad execution carried out in South Carolina went wrong, leaving the subject alive and in pain for nearly a minute ...
Two House members asked the governor, prisons director and top legislators to investigate whether Mikal Mahdi's execution in ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The legal team for a man who was executed by firing squad in South Carolina claims the process was ...
A pathologist hired by death row inmates' attorneys says a South Carolina man executed by firing squad was conscious and ...
A pathologist hired by attorneys for death row inmates says a South Carolina man executed by firing squad was conscious and ...
A botched firing squad execution left Mikal Mahdi conscious and in agony for up to a minute, after bullets missed his heart, ...