Death row inmate Mikal Mahdi was executed via an uncommon method on Friday (11 April) after killing two people in 2004 ...

The death row inmate is being held at a prison in Columbia, South Carolina, for the murder of a police captain ...

On Friday, the South Carolina Department of Corrections executed its second death row inmate by firing squad since the state ...

An inmate on death row has become the second man to be executed by firing squad in 15 years, after he was found guilty of ...

Mikal Mahdi gorged on ribeye steak, mushroom risotto, broccoli, collard greens, cheesecake and sweet tea as a his last meal ...

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

A firing squad is set to kill a South Carolina inmate on Friday, the second time the state will have carried out that method ...

A few more details are known about South Carolina's firing squad as the state prepares to carry out its second execution by ...

Mikal Mahdi, 42, was executed by the state of South Carolina on April 11 for the violent killing of off-duty Orangeburg ...

Under the state's execution protocols, the firing squad will put a hood over Mahdi's head and shoot him in the heart ...

And instead of the green prison jumpsuits worn by death row inmates, Mahdi will likely ... Authorities said that Mahdi had killed a store clerk in North Carolina and stole a vehicle at gunpoint ...