South Carolina is set to execute 42-year-old Mikal Mahdi by firing squad for killing an off-duty police officer who was ...

The first firing squad execution in over 15 years was carried out last month. It provides a glimpse into how such executions ...

A South Carolina man on death row prepares to be put to death by firing squad, as his lawyer says the case is a matter of ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Long a method of execution associated with political terror or military justice, a firing squad is set ...

South Carolina prison officials put a man to death by firing squad for the second time in just over a month when they ...

For the second time in 36 days, a firing squad execution has been carried out in South Carolina. Mikal Mahdi, 42, died Friday ...

South Carolina executed another convicted murderer by firing squad on Friday night, the second such execution in the state. The inmate, Mikal Mahdi, 41, was declared dead shortly after 6 p.m ...

If it proceeds, Mahdi’s execution would be the latest in a recent string of events that have put the spotlight on the firing squad as a handful of US death penalty states explore alternatives to ...

Mahdi is to be put to death with three bullets to the heart at 6 p.m. on April 11 at the Broad River Correctional Institution ...