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

A convicted cop killer who became the second death row inmate in South Carolina to die by firing squad chomped on a ribeye ...

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

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

South Carolina is set to execute 42-year-old Mikal Mahdi by firing squad for killing an off-duty police officer who was ...

JOE Ingle swore he would never watch a friend die. But in 1988, he had to break that rule. Willie Darden, on Florida’s death ...

It was the second time someone was executed by firing squad in S.C. in five weeks and only the fifth time in the U.S. since ...

one South Carolina inmate on death row has filed a petition for clemency with Gov. Henry McMaster, asking to commute the ...

Mikal Mahdi’s life was marked by abuse. Today, as he awaits execution, the courts have the responsibility to acknowledge the systemic failures that shaped his path.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– A death row inmate set to die on Friday, April 11, filed a petition for clemency to stop his execution. Mikal Mahdi is set to be executed by firing squad. He was convicted of ...

A CONVICTED cop killer was executed by a firing squad in South Carolina as officials ramp up their return to the death ...

Mikal Mahdi’s father did stop ... according to court records. Mahdi, while on death row, would later tell a psychologist he struggled with the inherent contradictions of his father's teachings.