Our politicians want tough-guy credit for killing killers, while detaching themselves from the reality of their decisions.

According to a status report filed by Mikal Mahdi’s lawyers, the autopsy and eyewitness accounts of his death raise several ...

Mikal Mahdi, a South Carolina inmate executed by firing squad, is said to have died in 'excruciating conscious pain,' ...

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.

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

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

Cop-killer Mikal Mahdi yelled in pain when he was shot inside of the state’s death chamber on April 11. He was executed for ...

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

The state Supreme Court issued the death warrant against Stephen Stanko for the Horry County shooting death of a friend.

James Robertson, 51, has been on death row since 1999 after killing both his parents in their Rock Hill home. Now he says he's ready to die.