Mikal Mahdi is to be executed by firing squad in South Carolina on April 11 for the 2004 murder of Capt. James Myers of the ...

Under the state's execution protocols, the firing squad will put a hood over Mahdi's head and shoot him in the heart simultaneously with three bullets.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Long a method of execution associated with political terror or military justice, a firing squad is set to ...

The daughter of one of the victims of a man set to be executed Friday night by firing squad says she feels content about what ...

The first firing squad execution in over 15 years was carried out last month. It provides a glimpse into how such executions ...

Mikal Mahdi, who was convicted of the 2004 murder of an off-duty police officer, is to be put to death by firing squad Friday ...

South Carolina is set to execute 42-year-old Mikal Mahdi by firing squad for killing an off-duty police officer who was ...

Ahead of Mikal Mahdi's scheduled April 11 SC execution, his victims and family members of victim and officer Jim Myers share ...

In just days before his scheduled execution, one South Carolina inmate on death row has filed a petition for clemency with ...

South Carolina plans to execute Mikal Mahdi on Friday for the murder of a police officer, draping a hood over his head and ...

Mikal 41, chose the firing squad over lethal injection or the electric chair. South Carolina is one of five states that ...

A few more details are known about South Carolina's firing squad as the state prepares to carry out its second execution by ...