The May 2025 firing squad execution of Mikal Deen Mahdi in South Carolina was botched, resulting in a prolonged and painful ...

An autopsy later revealed that none of the bullets hit his heart directly, and that his chest showed only two bullet wounds ...

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

A SOUTH Carolina firing squad has been accused by experts of botching the execution of a convicted cop killer, leaving him in ...

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said Wednesday that he disagreed with calls for an investigation into a firing squad execution allegedly mishandled by the state.

Bree Derrick is now at the helm of Idaho’s prison system, stepping into a key leadership role as the department navigates ...

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

An upstate lawmaker is calling for an investigation into South Carolina's most recent death penalty case. Mikal Mahdi was executed by firing squad last month, the second time in the state's history.

A South Carolina man executed last month by firing squad may have suffered for an extended period of time before dying ...

Lawyers for Man Executed by Firing Squad in South Carolina Say Bullets Mostly Missed His Heart COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man ...

Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre reflected on the “shocking” nature of Democratic Party leaders turning ...

According to a status report filed by Mikal Mahdi’s lawyers, the autopsy and eyewitness accounts of his death raise several ...