Five states − South Carolina, Mississippi ... The firing squad put a hood over 42-year-old Mikal Mahdi's head and shot him in the heart simultaneously with three bullets, and he was pronounced ...

Nineteen men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and 11 other people are scheduled to be put ...

Mikal Mahdi was executed on April 11, becoming the second man in South Carolina to be executed by a three-person firing squad this year after admitting to killing an off-duty police officer in 2004.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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, 42, was shot three times in the heart by trained volunteers in April. At the time, he took four minutes to die ...

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 ...