South Carolina’s highest court denies appeal to stay upcoming firing squad execution for cop killer
Mahdi is to be put to death with three bullets to the heart at 6 p.m. on April 11 at the Broad River Correctional Institution ...
South Carolina's highest court refuses to stop second firing squad execution
South Carolina's highest court has rejected the last major appeal from Mikal Mahdi, who is scheduled to die by firing squad ...
SC ramps up executions: The future of capital punishment in the Palmetto State
Death penalty cases here in South Carolina have resumed over the last year after a 13-year hiatus, sparking conversations and debate around the act of taking a human life.
South Carolina’s highest court refuses to stop another firing squad execution
Mahdi confessed to the ambush killing of an off-duty police officer at the officer's Calhoun County shed. He is the fifth ...
Lethal Injection, Electric Chair, or Firing Squad? An Inhumane Decision for Death Row Prisoners
South Carolina resumed executions with the firing squad killing of Brad Sigmon last month. Mikal Madhi’s execution date is ...
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