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

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

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

Opinion editor Matthew T. Hall writes that the state of South Carolina say everything went according to plan, but that’s not ...

Representatives in South Carolina have filed a letter to state leaders saying Mikal Mahdi’s execution was, in their words, botched.

Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre reflected on the “shocking” nature of Democratic Party leaders turning ...

Actor Martin Sheen, filmmaker Ken Burns, author Jeff Shaara, and Susan Eisenhower – the granddaughter of President Dwight Eisenhower – kicked off the festival.

According to a status report filed by Mikal Mahdi’s lawyers, the autopsy and eyewitness accounts of his death raise several ...

Last week, we learned another hard lesson about executions, namely that there is no foolproof way of killing someone.

Two state representatives are asking the South Carolina government to launch an investigation into the execution of a death ...

Could the State Supreme Court re-evaluate the constitutionality of the firing squad method? That's the question being raised aftera notice filed by former dea ...

Mikal Mahdi reportedly “cried out” and flexed his arms once he was shot, according to a witness of the execution ...