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

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

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

Lawyers for man executed by firing squad in South Carolina say bullets mostly missed his heart and he suffered in extreme pain for as long as a minute.

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

An inmate put to death last month in South Carolina's second firing squad execution was conscious and likely in extreme pain for up to a minute after the bullets missed their target, attorneys allege.

Mikal Mahdi's firing squad execution in South Carolina is under scrutiny after a pathologist's report suggested he remained conscious and suffered extreme pain for up to a minute due to misplaced ...

Night Editor A firing squad execution carried out in South Carolina went wrong, leaving the subject alive and in pain for nearly a minute after the marksmen missed their target, according to an ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The legal team for a man who was executed by firing squad in South Carolina claims the process was mishandled by the state. Attorneys representing Mikal Mahdi filed a ...

Mikal Mahdi was killed last month by prison officials, but autopsy results indicated that executioners did not follow ...