Stephen Stanko, an inmate set to be put to death in June, is seeking secretive details about SC's execution methods following ...

A pathologist hired by death row inmates' attorneys says a South Carolina man executed by firing squad was conscious and ...

A South Carolina firing squad reportedly missed a direct hit on Mikal Mahdi's heart and prolonged his suffering, his ...

A botched firing squad execution left Mikal Mahdi conscious and in agony for up to a minute, after bullets missed his heart, ...

The May 2025 firing squad execution of Mikal Deen Mahdi in South Carolina was botched, resulting in a prolonged and painful death, and raising questions about the constitutionality of the method and ...

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

A pathologist hired by attorneys for death row inmates says a South Carolina man executed by firing squad was conscious and likely in extreme pain for as long as a minute.

Mikal Mahdi was executed on April 11, becoming the second man in South Carolina to be executed by a three-person firing squad ...

A South Carolina man executed last month by firing squad may have suffered for an extended period of time before dying because shooters largely missed his heart, an autopsy commissioned by the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A man who was put to death last month in South Carolina's second firing squad execution was conscious and likely suffered in extreme pain for as long as a minute after the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP/WCSC) - A man who was put to death last month in South Carolina’s second firing squad execution was conscious and likely in extreme pain for as long as a minute after the bullets, ...