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

Autopsy results following SC's firing-squad execution of Mikal Mahdi in April show bullets largely missed his heart, ...

The solicitor who sought the death penalty for Mikal Mahdi responded Thursday to calls to investigate his execution.

A third of executions in 2022 were botched or highly problematic, according to a report from the Death Penalty Information ...

Lawyers who represent the recently executed Mikal Mahdi are alleging that the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) ...

Stephen Stanko, a death row inmate to be put to death in June, is seeking secretive details on SC's execution methods after ...

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

State Reps. Neil Collins (R-District 5) and Justin Bamberg (D-District 90) question whether 'proper standards and protocols' ...

Capital punishment is violence dressed as justice — a relic we claim to have outgrown yet keep reviving. In April, South ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man who was twice sentenced to die for killing two people nearly two decades ago was ...

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

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