COLUMBIA, S.C. — Long a method of execution associated with political terror or military justice, a firing squad is set to ...

The 27-year-old victim was killed when she was shot once in the back, according to the 5th Circuit Solicitor’s Office.

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

Mahdi chose a firing squad over lethal injection or electrocution, as Brad Sigmon did for his March 7 execution, which was ...

Exclusive: James Robertson has been on death row since 1999 after he was convicted of killing his parents in Rock Hill. Now ...

South Carolina’s highest court has rejected the last major appeal from Mikal Mahdi, who is scheduled to die by firing squad ...

A man convicted of the 2004 murder of an off-duty police officer is to be put to death by firing squad Friday in South ...