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Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the crimes that led to Mahdi’s death sentence— and how the firing squad, once ...
Mikal Mahdi, a South Carolina inmate executed by firing squad, is said to have died in 'excruciating conscious pain,' ...
Two South Carolina legislators are seeking an investigation into the state's firing squad execution last month.
Death row inmates can now choose whether to die by firing squad, lethal injection, or the electric chair, according to ...
Mikal Mahdi was executed on April 11, becoming the second man in South Carolina to be executed by a three-person firing squad ...
The solicitor who sought the death penalty for Mikal Mahdi responded Thursday to calls to investigate his execution.
The May 2025 firing squad execution of Mikal Deen Mahdi in South Carolina was botched, resulting in a prolonged and painful death, and raising questions about the constitutionality of the method and ...
State Reps. Neil Collins (R-District 5) and Justin Bamberg (D-District 90) question whether 'proper standards and protocols' ...
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 ...
Mikal Mahdi, 42, cried out as the bullets hit him and groaned twice before he took his final gasp of breath, the Associated Press reported. The firing squad execution of Mahdi on April 11 is the ...
the prison system and leaders in the state House and Senate for an independent and comprehensive review of the April 11 execution of Mikal Mahdi. They also want the firing squad removed from the ...
Lawyers who represent the recently executed Mikal Mahdi are alleging that the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) “botched” their client’s firing squad execution, which caused ...