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 ...

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

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

Amid a drop in high-end art sales, Christie's plans to auction Andy Warhol's Big Electric Chair (1967–68) during its May ...

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 ...

Under the state's execution protocols, the firing squad will put a hood over Mahdi's head and shoot him in the heart ...

Mikal Mahdi, who was convicted of two 2004 murders, including the death of an off-duty cop, chose an upscale final meal ahead ...