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.

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

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 the murder of an Orangeburg police captain.

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

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.

Mikal Mahdi was executed on April 11, becoming the second man in South Carolina to be executed by a three-person firing squad ...

A man who was put to death last month in South Carolina's second firing squad execution was conscious and likely in extreme ...

Some U.S. politicians insist that the execution methods in their state are relatively painless. But it’s all a farce.

The legal team for a man who was executed by firing squad in South Carolina claims the process was mishandled by the state.

The lawyers called it a botched execution because they think either the volunteer prison employees who all had live ammunition missed or the target was not placed properly. Read more: ...