Why execution by firing squad is a legal option 03:08. South Carolina is set to execute another death row inmate by firing squad, a little more than a month after a convicted murderer was executed ...

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.

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. His attorney confirmed to CBS News that Mikal ...

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.

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.

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. Mikal Mahdi chose the firing ...

RELATED VIDEO: South Carolina is set to execute an inmate by firing squad on Friday, a first for the state and the first firing squad execution in the U.S. in 15 years.

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.

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.