Mikal Mahdi, who was convicted of two 2004 murders, including the death of an off-duty cop, chose an upscale final meal ahead ...

A firing squad has executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer decades ago. It is the second time the ...

South Carolina gives its death row inmates a choice between lethal injection, the electric chair and the firing squad. Mahdi ...

Mikal Mahdi, with a hood over his head, cried out as the three bullets to the heart hit him and his arms flexed. A red bull's ...

A convicted cop killer who became the second death row inmate in South Carolina to die by firing squad chomped on a ribeye ...

More states are struggling to obtain the more common lethal injection drugs. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is moving to ...

Mikal Mahdi’s execution came about a month after the first person in state history was killed in such a manner. Before that, ...

The state's execution protocols called for a hood to be pulled over Mahdi's head before three volunteer corrections staff ...

After 15 years without a single firing squad execution in the US, Mikal Mahdi is set to become the second in two months.