South Carolina kills inmate Mikal Mahdi by firing squad in state’s second execution in a hail of bullets in 5 weeks COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina kills inmate Mikal Mahdi by firing squad in ...

Mikal Mahdi, who pleaded guilty to murder for killing a police officer in 2004, is scheduled to be executed April 11. Mahdi, 41, had the choice of dying by firing squad, lethal injection or the ...

Lawyers who represent the recently executed Mikal Mahdi are alleging that the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) “botched” their client’s firing squad execution, which caused ...

Mikal Mahdi was put to death on Friday after pleading guilty to murder in 2004. Mikal Mahdi cried out as the shots hit him, and his arms flexed. He groaned two more times about 45 seconds after that.

The firing squad put a hood over 42-year-old Mikal Mahdi's head and shot him in the heart simultaneously with three bullets, and he was pronounced dead at 6:05 p.m. ET.

Mikal Mahdi is scheduled for execution Friday, April 11, by a South Carolina Department of Corrections firing squad. Mahdi is set to be executed at 6 p.m. at the Broad River Road Correctional ...

Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to death for the 2004 shooting death of Orangeburg County Public Safety Capt. James Myers on Myers' farm in Calhoun County.© South Carolina Department of Corrections ...

South Carolina plans to execute Mikal Mahdi this month. A bare description of his crimes might make that seem justified: In 2004, Mikal murdered Christopher Boggs, a store clerk in North Carolina ...

Mikal Mahdi, who killed a police officer in 2004, was executed by firing squad in South Carolina. This marks the state's second firing squad execution in five weeks.