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

Mikal Mahdi was executed last month, but the marksmen tasked with carrying out the grim task missed his heart, according to a ...

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

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

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

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

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

Lawyers for man executed by firing squad in South Carolina say bullets mostly missed his heart and he suffered in extreme pain for as long as a minute.

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

The legal team for a man who was executed by firing squad in South Carolina claims the process was mishandled.