Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, is set to be executed Sept. 5 for abducting and killing Utah mother of three Maurine Hunsaker in ...

Mikal Mahdi is scheduled for execution Friday, April 11, by a South Carolina Department of Corrections firing squad. Mahdi is set to be executed at 6 p.m. at the Broad River Road Correctional ...

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 guilty to murder for ...

This photo provided by South Carolina Department of Corrections shows Mikal Mahdi. Credit: AP/Uncredited The firing squad is an execution method with a long and violent history around the world.

South Carolina plans to execute Mikal Mahdi for murder, but his troubled past prompts calls for mercy and understanding from a former teacher turned pastor.

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina kills inmate Mikal Mahdi by firing squad in state’s second execution in a hail of bullets in 5 weeks.

Lawyers who represent the recently executed Mikal Mahdi are alleging that the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) “botched” their client’s firing squad execution, which caused ...

South Carolina is scheduled to execute death row inmate Mikal Mahdi April 11. His third grade teacher says he is more than a murderer.

Mikal Mahdi is scheduled to die April 11 for the 2004 killing of an off-duty police officer after ambushing him in the officer's work shed in Calhoun County and setting his body on fire after ...

South Carolina is scheduled to execute death row inmate Mikal Mahdi April 11. His third grade teacher says he is more than a murderer.

South Carolina is scheduled to execute death row inmate Mikal Mahdi April 11. His third grade teacher says he is more than a murderer.