South Carolina plans to execute Mikal Mahdi on Friday for the murder of a police officer, draping a hood over his head and ...

Under the state's execution protocols, the firing squad will put a hood over Mahdi's head and shoot him in the heart simultaneously with three bullets.

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

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A South Carolina man on death row prepares to be put to death by firing squad, as his lawyer says the case is a matter of "appropriate punishment" rather than guilt.

A firing squad is set to kill a South Carolina inmate. Friday's execution will be the second time in the past five weeks the ...

South Carolina is set to execute 42-year-old Mikal Mahdi by firing squad for killing an off-duty police officer who was ...

A few more details are known about South Carolina's firing squad as the state prepares to carry out its second execution by ...

A man convicted of the 2004 murder of an off-duty police officer is to be put to death by firing squad Friday in South ...

Mikal Mahdi, who was convicted of the 2004 murder of an off-duty police officer, is to be put to death by firing squad Friday ...

Mahdi is to be put to death with three bullets to the heart at 6 p.m. on April 11 at the Broad River Correctional Institution ...

Mikal 41, chose the firing squad over lethal injection or the electric chair. South Carolina is one of five states that ...