South Carolina inmate has asked to die by firing squad just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets ...

Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to death for the killing of James Myers, an Orangeburg police officer, and burning his body during ...

Mikal Mahdi, who pleaded guilty to murder for killing a police officer in 2004, is scheduled to be executed April 11.

A death row inmate convicted of killing a South Carolina police officer more than 20 years ago has decided how he will die.

Mikal Mahdi, who killed a South Carolina police officer during a multi-state crime spree, has chosen to die by firing squad.

A second death row inmate in South Carolina has chosen execution by firing squad. It comes just weeks after the first ...

No state has had more executions since September than South Carolina. That’s one reason why opinion editor Matthew T. Hall ...

South Carolina death row inmate has chosen execution by firing squad. Mikal Mahdi, 41, will be put to death on April 11 after ...

A South Carolina man has been executed by firing squad, becoming the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by this method. Brad Sigmon was pronounced dead at 6:08 p.m. Friday after being shot by ...

The South Carolina Department of Corrections uses a lethal injection protocol that was suspended by the Department of Justice over concerns that it might cause unnecessary pain and suffering.

The next South Carolina death row inmate scheduled for execution has chosen firing squad. Friday was the deadline for Mikal ...