The lawmaker behind the death penalty bill said he expects legislators will pass it before this year’s session adjourns.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A SOUTH Carolina firing squad has been accused by experts of botching the execution of a convicted cop killer, leaving him in ...

The May 2025 firing squad execution of Mikal Deen Mahdi in South Carolina was botched, resulting in a prolonged and painful ...

A South Carolina man executed last month by firing squad may have suffered for an extended period of time before dying ...

An upstate lawmaker is calling for an investigation into South Carolina's most recent death penalty case. Mikal Mahdi was executed by firing squad last month, the second time in the state's history.