Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, is set to be executed on Sept. 5, but his lawyers say his deteriorating mental state, caused by ...

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

Autopsy of death row inmate Mikal Mahdi showed firing squad shots nearly missed his heart and left him in extreme pain for up to a minute during April 11 execution.

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 ...

The Brief Lawyers for Mikal Mahdi, a man who was executed by firing squad in South Carolina last month, are calling his death a "botched execution." Mahdi’s lawyers said the bullets that were ...

Autopsy results following SC's firing-squad execution of Mikal Mahdi in April show bullets largely missed his heart, attorneys report in court filing.

Mahdi had the choice of dying by firing squad, lethal injection or the electric chair. "Faced with barbaric and inhumane choices, Mikal Mahdi has chosen the lesser of three evils," Weiss said.

Mikal Mahdi, who killed a police officer in 2004, was executed by firing squad in South Carolina. This marks the state's second firing squad execution in five weeks.