A firing squad on Friday executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time the rare ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — (AP) — Long a method of execution associated with political terror or military justice, a firing squad is ...

South Carolina prison officials put a man to death by firing squad for the second time in just over a month when they ...

A convicted cop killer who became the second death row inmate in South Carolina to die by firing squad chomped on a ribeye ...

South Carolina's highest court on Monday rejected the last major appeal from Mikal Mahdi, who is scheduled to die by firing ...

A murderer who shot a police officer dead before burning his corpse has been executed by firing squad. Mikal Mahdi chose to ...

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The death row inmate is being held at a prison in Columbia, South Carolina, for the murder of a police captain ...

The state's execution protocols called for a hood to be pulled over Mahdi's head before three volunteer corrections staff ...

A few more details are known about South Carolina's firing squad as the state prepares to carry out its second execution by ...

After 15 years without a single firing squad execution in the US, Mikal Mahdi is set to become the second in two months.