A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its ...
If his execution proceeds, Mahdi will be the second South Carolinian to die by firing squad in the last 40 days, following ...
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Mikal Mahdi, who pleaded guilty to murder for killing a police officer in 2004, is scheduled to be executed April 11.
Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to death for the killing of James Myers, a South Carolina police officer, and burning his body.
Vivian Lovingood protests the scheduled execution of South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. For the first time in 15 years a death row inmate in the U.S. will ...
Florida may soon expand its approved methods of execution to include firing squads and nitrogen gas, following a wave of ...