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The solicitor who sought the death penalty for Mikal Mahdi responded Thursday to calls to investigate his execution.
Lawyers who represent the recently executed Mikal Mahdi are alleging that the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) ...
The May 2025 firing squad execution of Mikal Deen Mahdi in South Carolina was botched, resulting in a prolonged and painful ...
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 ...
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 ...
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said Wednesday that he disagreed with calls for an investigation into a firing squad ...
Two House members asked the governor, prisons director and top legislators to investigate whether Mikal Mahdi's execution in ...
Two state representatives are asking the South Carolina government to launch an investigation into the execution of a death ...
A pathologist hired by death row inmates' attorneys says a South Carolina man executed by firing squad was conscious and ...
An upstate lawmaker is calling for an investigation into South Carolina's most recent death penalty case. Mikal Mahdi was executed by firing squad last month, the second time in the state's history.
A pathologist hired by attorneys for death row inmates says a South Carolina man executed by firing squad was conscious and ...