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

A man who was put to death last month in South Carolina's second firing squad execution was conscious and likely suffered in ...

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

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

The state's execution protocols called for a hood to be pulled over Mahdi's head before three volunteer corrections staff shot him in the heart at the same time.

The first firing squad execution in over 15 years was carried out last month. It provides a glimpse into how such executions may go.

South Carolina is set to execute 42-year-old Mikal Mahdi by firing squad for killing an off-duty police officer who was ambushed, shot nine times and set on fire.

A firing squad executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time the rare execution method has been used by the state in the past five weeks.

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

In March, South Carolina executed Brad Sigmon, who was sentenced to death for killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a ...

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Capital punishment could soon look a lot different in North Carolina. A House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday gave preliminary ...