SUMTER COUNTY, S.C. — An inmate is dead at the Wateree River Correctional Institution according to the South Carolina ...

South Carolina prison officials put a man to death by firing squad for the second time in just over a month when they ...

A firing squad executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time the rare execution method ...

The South Carolina Department of Corrections reported the death of a Wateree River Correctional Institution inmate who they said died in an accident involving a dump truck Tuesday.

Mikal Mahdi’s execution came about a month after the first person in state history was killed in such a manner. Before that, ...

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

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

The state's execution protocols called for a hood to be pulled over Mahdi's head before three volunteer corrections staff ...

Mikal Mahdi, who was convicted of two 2004 murders, including the death of an off-duty cop, chose an upscale final meal ahead ...

The Broad River Correctional Institution South Carolina Department of Corrections office in Columbia on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. Tracy Glantz [email protected] The highest paying job ...