Some U.S. politicians insist that the execution methods in their state are relatively painless. But it’s all a farce.

Mikal Mahdi was the second man in South Carolina to be executed by a three-person firing squad on April 11, after admitting ...

A pathologist hired by attorneys for death row inmates says a South Carolina man executed by firing squad was conscious and ...

Mikal Mahdi was killed last month by prison officials, but autopsy results indicated that executioners did not follow ...

Mikal Mahdi, 42, was executed by firing squad, the second execution in South Carolina this year using the controversial ...

A man who was put to death last month in South Carolina's second firing squad execution was conscious and likely in extreme ...

An autopsy photo of Mikal Mahdi's torso showed only two distinct ... Mahdi's body was cremated preventing a second autopsy, Weiss said. South Carolina allows condemned inmates to chose method ...

Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to death for his killing spree in Windston-Salem, North Carolina, in July 2004, where he took the ...