Two state representatives are asking the South Carolina government to launch an investigation into the execution of a death ...

A 42-year-old man convicted of two murders in 2004, Mikal Mahdi, chose a firing squad to carry out his death sentence.

Mikal Mahdi reportedly “cried out” and flexed his arms once he was shot, according to a witness of the execution ...

Mikal Mahdi, 42, was executed by firing squad, the second execution in South Carolina this year using the controversial ...

A man who was put to death last month in South Carolina's second firing squad execution was conscious and likely in extreme ...

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

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

Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to death for his killing spree in Windston-Salem, North Carolina, in July 2004, where he took the ...

A South Carolina triple murderer and cop killer suffered "excruciating conscious pain" during a botched execution by firing squad last month.

In South Carolina, autopsy records reveal corrections officers botched the execution of Mikal Mahdi, who was killed by firing ...