A South Carolina man on death row prepares to be put to death by firing squad, as his lawyer says the case is a matter of "appropriate punishment" rather than guilt.

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.

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 ...

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

There won’t be any kind of countdown heard or seen by witnesses before three volunteers all with live ammunition fire on ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– A death row inmate set to die on Friday, April 11, filed a petition for clemency to stop his execution. Mikal Mahdi is set to be executed by firing squad. He was convicted of ...

The day before another man in South Carolina is to be executed by firing squad, one group and his legal team were still working to get the governor's attention ...

South Carolina Democrats are losing a powerful member of the party. First Circuit Solicitor David Pascoe announced on Thursday he is switching parties, leaving just three Democrats holding solicitor ...

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 is to come.

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 ...