A convicted cop killer who became the second death row inmate in South Carolina to die by firing squad chomped on a ribeye ...

Mikal Mahdi, 42, chose to die by three bullets to the heart instead of lethal injection or the electric chair.

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 firing squad is set to kill a South Carolina inmate. Friday's execution will be the second time in the past five weeks the state will have carried out an execution using that method.

Mahdi was convicted of the 2004 death of Orangeburg Public Safety officer James Myers. The Associated Press reported that ...

Mikal Mahdi, 41, was convicted of the 2004 death of Orangeburg Public Safety officer James Myers. The Associated Press reported that police said Mahdi killed a store clerk in North Carolina and stole ...

A South Carolina man on death row prepares to be put to death by firing squad, as his lawyer says the case is a matter of "appropriate punishment" rather than guilt.