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 ...

Condemned prisoners in South Carolina can also choose lethal injection or the electric ... “I think it is really stretching the truth to say that Mikal Mahdi had an autopsy. I think most pathologists ...

South Carolina’s refusal to acknowledge their ... It appears that in the case of Mikal Mahdi, each member of the firing squad did just that. Mahdi’s execution was barbaric.

Mikal Mahdi reportedly “cried out” and flexed his arms once he was shot, according to a witness of the execution ...

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

Mikal Mahdi, 42, cried out as the bullets hit him ... on April 11 is the second one to be carried out this year in South Carolina using the controversial method. Now Mahdi’s attorneys have ...

An autopsy photo of Mikal Mahdi's torso showed only two distinct ... Mahdi's body was cremated preventing a second autopsy, Weiss said. South Carolina allows condemned inmates to chose method ...

Mikal Mahdi died on April 11 after being shot by ... On May 8, lawyers for Mahdi notified the South Carolina Supreme Court that the execution was "botched." They cited the state's autopsy and ...

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 ...

Mikal Mahdi — who was convicted of two 2004 murders, including the death of a police officer — was executed on April 11. Now, his legal team claims the South Carolina Department of Corrections ...