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S.C. Man, Who Was Convicted of Killing a Cop, Chose This Upscale Final Meal Before His Firing Squad Execution
Mikal Mahdi, who was convicted of two 2004 murders, including the death of an off-duty cop, chose an upscale final meal ahead ...
South Carolina executes second man by firing squad in 5 weeks
A firing squad has executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer decades ago. It is the second time the ...
SC cop killer Mikal Mahdi chose upscale final meal before he was executed by firing squad
A convicted cop killer who became the second death row inmate in South Carolina to die by firing squad chomped on a ribeye ...
Why states are turning to execution methods like firing squads and nitrogen gas
More states are struggling to obtain the more common lethal injection drugs. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is moving to ...
South Carolina Executes Second Inmate by Firing Squad
Mikal Mahdi’s execution came about a month after the first person in state history was killed in such a manner. Before that, ...
Mikal Mahdi executed by firing squad in South Carolina for off-duty officer's brutal murder
The state's execution protocols called for a hood to be pulled over Mahdi's head before three volunteer corrections staff ...
Call to pause Tenn. executions as protocol challenged, victim advocates say resume
There is a call for Tennessee Governor Bill Lee to pause executions until a judge reviews the state's new lethal injection ...
Mikal Mahdi executed by firing squad, second in South Carolina's history
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — South Carolina has executed Mikal Mahdi, the second inmate in the state’s history to die by firing ...