Why South Carolina man chose death penalty by firing squad 02:33. A medical expert for the state said at the 2022 trial that if the heart is heavily damaged an inmate would lose consciousness ...

A second South Carolina death row inmate has chosen execution by firing squad. Mikal Mahdi, 41, will be put to death on April 11 after pleading guilty to murder for killing a police officer in 2004.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A second South Carolina death row inmate has asked to die by firing squad just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets.

A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets.. Mikal Mahdi, who pleaded guilty to murder for ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A man who was put to death last month in South Carolina’s second firing squad execution was conscious and likely suffered in extreme pain for as long as a minute after the ...

FILE - This photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left.

A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets. Mikal Mahdi, who pleaded guilty to murder for ...

South Carolina executes convicted murderer by firing squad 03:59. A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its first ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The legal team for a man who was executed by firing squad in South Carolina claims the process was mishandled by the state. Attorneys representing Mikal Mahdi filed a ...