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The lawmaker behind the death penalty bill said he expects legislators will pass it before this year’s session adjourns.
Two South Carolina legislators are seeking an investigation into the state’s firing squad execution last month ...
A botched firing squad execution left Mikal Mahdi conscious and in agony for up to a minute, after bullets missed his heart, ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man who was put to death last month in South Carolina's second firing squad execution was conscious ...
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 ...
Cop-killer Mikal Mahdi yelled in pain when he was shot inside of the state’s death chamber on April 11. He was executed for ...
Two House members asked the governor, prisons director and top legislators to investigate whether Mikal Mahdi's execution in ...
According to a status report filed by Mikal Mahdi’s lawyers, the autopsy and eyewitness accounts of his death raise several ...
The new IDOC Director Bree Derrick sits down exclusively with Idaho News 6 to discuss her background, leadership vision, and ...
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said Wednesday that he disagreed with calls for an investigation into a firing squad ...
Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre reflected on the “shocking” nature of Democratic Party leaders turning ...