The May 2025 firing squad execution of Mikal Deen Mahdi in South Carolina was botched, resulting in a prolonged and painful ...

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

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said Wednesday that he disagreed with calls for an investigation into a firing squad ...

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

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

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

Bree Derrick is now at the helm of Idaho’s prison system, stepping into a key leadership role as the department navigates ...

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

It was driven home when South Carolina released the results of a state-sponsored autopsy in the case of Mikal Mahdi, who it put to death by firing squad last month. The autopsy showed that the ...

Mikal Mahdi, a South Carolina inmate executed by firing squad, is said to have died in 'excruciating conscious pain,' ...

A SOUTH Carolina firing squad has been accused by experts of botching the execution of a convicted cop killer, leaving him in ...

An upstate lawmaker is calling for an investigation into South Carolina's most recent death penalty case. Mikal Mahdi was executed by firing squad last month, the second time in the state's history.