The state's execution protocols called for a hood to be pulled over Mahdi's head before three volunteer corrections staff ...

Mikal Mahdi, with a hood over his head, cried out as the three bullets to the heart hit him and his arms flexed. A red bull's ...

A man facing the death penalty for committing two murders was executed by firing squad on Friday, the second such execution ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A firing squad on Friday executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second ...

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Mikal Mahdi gorged on ribeye steak, mushroom risotto, broccoli, collard greens, cheesecake and sweet tea as a his last meal ...

It was the second time someone was executed by a firing squad in SC in five weeks and only the fifth in the U.S. since 1976.

Mikal Mahdi’s execution came about a month after the first person in state history was killed in such a manner. Before that, ...

Mikal Mahdi, 41, was convicted of the 2004 death of Orangeburg Public Safety officer James Myers. The Associated Press reported that police said Mahdi killed a store clerk in North Carolina and stole ...

After 15 years without a single firing squad execution in the US, Mikal Mahdi is set to become the second in two months.