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 ...

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

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

Two South Carolina legislators have requested an investigation into the state's firing squad execution last month after ...

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

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

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

A SOUTH Carolina firing squad has been accused by experts of botching the execution of a convicted cop killer, leaving him in ...

South Carolina prison officials put a man to death by firing squad for the second time in just over a month when they ...

Mikal Mahdi is scheduled to be executed by firing ... South Carolina is one of five states that allow execution by firing squad and executed another man with the method last month.