A firing squad executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time the rare execution method has been used by the state in the past five weeks.

The state's execution protocols called for a hood to be pulled over Mahdi's head before three volunteer corrections staff shot him in the heart at the same time.

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

South Carolina is set to execute 42-year-old Mikal Mahdi by firing squad for killing an off-duty police officer who was ambushed, shot nine times and set on fire.

Two execution are scheduled for the second week of April in Florida and South Carolina, one of them by firing squad.

Attorneys for a Utah man who has been on death row for 37 years are due before a state judge Wednesday as they seek to spare ...

In March, South Carolina executed Brad Sigmon, who was sentenced to death for killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a ...

A bill moving in the state House this week would reintroduce the electric chair and firing squads as part of the death ...

Exclusive: Rock Hill’s James “Jimmy” Robertson has spent 26 years on South Carolina’s death row after he was convicted in ...

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2️⃣ Alcohol impacts: A new study linked heavy drinking with increased risk of a type of brain injury tied to memory and thinking problems. Researchers defined heavy drinking as eight or more alcoholic ...