Nineteen men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and 11 other people are scheduled to be put ...

Between 2021 and 2023, 100% of all executions in the U.S. were done by lethal injection. In the last year and a half, 16% ...

Stephen Stanko, a South Carolina death row inmate, chose lethal injection after a firing squad execution was criticized as ...

The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected a request from an inmate set to die next month for more information on the ...

Mikal Mahdi was executed on April 11, becoming the second man in South Carolina to be executed by a three-person firing squad this year after admitting to killing an off-duty police officer in 2004.

Mikal Mahdi, 42, cried out as the bullets hit him and groaned twice before he took his final gasp of breath, the Associated Press reported. The firing squad execution of Mahdi on April 11 is the ...

Mikal Mahdi died on April 11 after being shot by a three-person firing squad. But an autopsy revealed two wounds on his chest, not three. None of the bullets hit his heart directly, as is supposed ...

Mikal Mahdi is shown at age 40 at Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia in 2023. Courtesy Mikal Mahdi's attorneys COLUMBIA, S.C. Last month’s firing squad execution of Mikal Mahdi was ...

An autopsy photo of Mikal Mahdi's torso showed only two distinct wounds from the three volunteer prison employees who all had live ammunition in the April 11 execution, according to the ...

Lawyers who represent the recently executed Mikal Mahdi are alleging that the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) “botched” their client’s firing squad execution, which caused ...

The recent revival of old-school execution methods is one of the most distressing signs that the United States is moving backward. While other countries eliminate the death penalty, in the U.S ...

Henry McMaster said he sees no need to investigate. This photo provided by South Carolina Department of Corrections shows Mikal Mahdi. Credit: AP “The governor has high confidence in the ...