Two South Carolina legislators are seeking an investigation into the state’s firing squad execution last month.

A botched firing squad execution left Mikal Mahdi conscious and in agony for up to a minute, after bullets missed his heart, ...

Mikal Mahdi was the second man in South Carolina to be executed by a three-person firing squad on April 11, after admitting ...

Last week, we learned another hard lesson about executions, namely that there is no foolproof way of killing someone.

Some U.S. politicians insist that the execution methods in their state are relatively painless. But it’s all a farce.

An autopsy later revealed that none of the bullets hit his heart directly, and that his chest showed only two bullet wounds ...

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

A pathologist hired by attorneys for death row inmates says a South Carolina man executed by firing squad was conscious and ...

South Carolina prison officials put a man to death by firing squad for the second time in just over a month when they ...

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

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 ...

Opinion editor Matthew T. Hall writes that the state of South Carolina say everything went according to plan, but that’s not ...