SC Supreme Court sets next execution date; here's who else is on death row and the crimes
Mikal Mahdi, convicted of murdering an Orangeburg police officer, is scheduled to die on April 11; he's among 26 people awaiting execution ...
SC death row inmate asks to halt execution, says defense was as ‘superficial’ as Law & Order
Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to death for killing an off-duty Orangeburg police officer in Calhoun County, South Carolina.
South Carolina is too secretive about its executions. Here’s what it needs to do | Opinion
No state has had more executions since September than South Carolina. That’s one reason why opinion editor Matthew T. Hall ...
Autopsy reveals that second South Carolina death row inmate died with fluid in his lungs
The South Carolina Department of Corrections uses a lethal injection protocol that was suspended by the Department of Justice ...
South Carolina inmate facing execution calls his defense more superficial than a ‘Law & Order’ show
Lawyers for a South Carolina inmate set to be put to death next month want the state Supreme Court to stop his execution, ...
South Carolina kills death-row prisoner in state's first firing squad execution
Brad Sigmon, convicted in a double murder in 2002, opted to die by a method that is rarely used. Utah carried out the last ...
South Carolina death row inmate executed by firing squad, first in U.S. in 15 years
South Carolina death row inmate executed by firing squad, first in U.S. in 15 years - Brad Sigmon, 67, had a target placed in front of his heart and three employee volunteers shot him ...
Connect to the Capitol Extra: Eyewitness perspective of death penalty in SC
South Carolina is scheduled to put to death next month the state's fifth death row inmate since a 13-year pause was lifted on ...
South Carolina double murderer Brad Sigmon becomes first US death row inmate to die by firing squad in 15 years
A convicted double murderer in South Carolina became the first American death row inmate to die by firing squad in 15 years — and his execution was the first of its kind to be performed in the ...
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Here’s how people on death row meet their ends in each state
As South Carolina prepares to execute a man by firing squad on Friday, here are the ways each state conducts capital punishment.
A South Carolina man executed by firing squad is the first US prisoner killed this way in 15 years
A South Carolina man has been executed by firing squad, becoming the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by this method.
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SC death row inmate’s attorneys ask court to halt execution over traumatic childhood
Attorneys for inmate Mikal Mahdi are asking the state Supreme Court to halt his upcoming execution to consider the influence ...