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Bryan P. Stirling, the longest-serving prison director in the country, has stepped down to become the U.S. Attorney for the ...
The man who has led South Carolina prisons for more than a decade has been named the new U.S. attorney for the state.
The leader of the state’s Department of Corrections has been named to become the next U.S. Attorney for the District of South ...
Dawn Staley has found her newest assistant coach. South Carolina announced the hiring of new women’s basketball assistant ...
South Carolina women's basketball made it official by announcing Madina Okot as the team's newest player. The 6-6 native of ...
South Carolina women's basketball changed in a matter of minutes when three players were picked in rapid succession at the ...
Boggs was shot in the head twice while checking Mahdi's ID, according to The AP. SECOND SOUTH CAROLINA INMATE CHOOSES EXECUTION BY FIRING SQUAD Mahdi's lawyers entered a final appeal to the South ...
The execution on Friday marked the second time a South Carolina inmate has been put to death by firing squad in the past five weeks and the fifth execution overall in the state over the past eight ...
South Carolina executed a man by firing squad on Friday after appeals were denied by the state and U.S. Supreme Courts earlier this week. Mikal Mahdi, 42, was convicted in the 2004 killings of an ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina kills inmate Mikal Mahdi by firing squad in state’s second execution in a hail of bullets in 5 weeks. Got a question? Put a reporter on it. Ever think of a ...
Firing squad came about in South Carolina after the state couldn't get ... say while they are fighting for the rights of inmates, they understand the pain victims’ families are feeling.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC/AP) - A firing squad executed a South Carolina inmate on Friday, the second time the state has carried out that method in the past five weeks. Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to die 20 ...