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

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

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

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) ...

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

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

Amid calls for an investigation into an allegedly “botched” execution, the man who pushed for the death penalty in the case is making his rebuttal.

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

A pathologist hired by attorneys for death row inmates says a South Carolina man executed by firing squad was conscious and ...