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Columbia, S.C. — 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 ...

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 ...

South Carolina law requires that death row inmates choose their method of execution between the electric chair, lethal injection and firing squad. If they do not make a choice, the electric chair ...

Mahdi, 41, had the choice of dying by firing squad, lethal injection or the electric chair. He will be the first inmate to be executed in the state since Brad Sigmon chose to be shot to death on ...

(South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP, File) (Uncredited/AP) COLUMBIA, S.C. — (AP) — A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks ...