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

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

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man who was put to death last month in South Carolina's second firing squad execution was conscious ...

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

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

Mikal Mahdi, a South Carolina inmate executed by firing squad, is said to have died in 'excruciating conscious pain,' ...

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

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

Autopsy results following SC's firing-squad execution of Mikal Mahdi in April show bullets largely missed his heart, ...

The autopsy notes two bullet wounds even though there were three shooters, and a forensic expert says the misfires likely ...

The legal team for Mikal Mahdi, who was executed by firing squad on April 11, claim in a legal filing that their client ...