The first firing squad execution in over 15 years was carried out last month. It provides a glimpse into how such executions ...

A few more details are known about South Carolina's firing squad as the state prepares to carry out its second execution by ...

South Carolina is set to execute 42-year-old Mikal Mahdi by firing squad for killing an off-duty police officer who was ...

Mikal 41, chose the firing squad over lethal injection or the electric chair. South Carolina is one of five states that ...

Mikal Mahdi is to be executed April 11 for the July 2004 slaying of Orangeburg Police Capt. James Myers. Mahdi has claimed ...

South Carolina inmate Mikal Mahdi is set for execution by firing squad Friday after the state Supreme Court denied his final ...