A reporter who witnessed the first firing squad execution in the US for 15 years described how disturbing it was.

An inmate sentenced to death twice in two South Carolina killings has been scheduled to be executed on June 13 ...

After exhausting his appeals, Stephen Stanko, convicted of two murders in Horry County, will have to choose his method of ...

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, ...

One month before Mahdi was shot, on March 7, another South Carolina death row prisoner, Brad Sigmon, became the first person ...

Autopsy on first man killed by firing squad showed obliterated heart In contrast the autopsy on Brad Sigmon, the first man ...

Mikal Mahdi was killed last month by prison officials, but autopsy results indicated that executioners did not follow ...

Mikal Mahdi, 42, was executed by firing squad, the second execution in South Carolina this year using the controversial ...

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 ...

During the state's first firing squad death, the autopsy found that Brad Sigmon's heart had been destroyed. Just one of the four chambers of Mahdi's heart was perforated, which likely meant he ...

During the state's first firing squad death, the autopsy found that Brad Sigmon's heart had been destroyed. Just one of the four chambers of Mahdi's heart was perforated, which likely meant he ...