South Carolina prison officials put a man to death by firing squad for the second time in just over a month when they ...

Three New Jersey men have each been sentenced to 30 years in prison in South Carolina following a mistaken-identity shooting ...

A firing squad on Friday executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time the rare ...

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, 42, was executed by firing squad tonight in South Carolina, after he was sentenced to death for murdering a ...

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

Mikal Mahdi’s execution came about a month after the first person in state history was killed in such a manner. Before that, ...

Mikal Mahdi, 42, was executed by firing squad tonight in South Carolina, after he was sentenced to death for murdering a ...

A few more details are known about South Carolina's firing squad as the state prepares to carry out its second execution by ...

According to a statement from the prison, "the execution was performed by a three-person firing squad at 6:01 pm (2201 GMT)," ...

South Carolinian Randy Poindexter writes about the effects 16 years of solitary confinement had on him ahead of South ...

Mahdi confessed to the ambush killing of an off-duty police officer at the officer's Calhoun County shed. He is the fifth ...