Amid calls for an investigation into an allegedly “botched” execution, the man who pushed for the death penalty in the case ...

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

The May 2025 firing squad execution of Mikal Deen Mahdi in South Carolina was botched, resulting in a prolonged and painful ...

A botched firing squad execution left Mikal Mahdi conscious and in agony for up to a minute, after bullets missed his heart, ...

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

Two House members asked the governor, prisons director and top legislators to investigate whether Mikal Mahdi's execution in ...

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 ...

One month before Mahdi was shot, on March 7, another South Carolina death row prisoner, Brad Sigmon, became the first person ...

An autopsy has revealed that South Carolina death row inmate Mikal Mahdi 'suffered' longer than the 10-15 second window he ...

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

Mikal Mahdi, 42, was executed by firing squad, the second execution in South Carolina this year using the controversial ...