It was the second time someone was executed by a firing squad in SC in five weeks and only the fifth in the U.S. since 1976.

Mikal Mahdi, 42, chose to die by three bullets to the heart instead of lethal injection or the electric chair.

Mikal Mahdi’s execution came about a month after the first person in state history was killed in such a manner. Before that, ...

Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to death for the 2004 murder of Orangeburg police captain James Myers during a multi-state crime ...

Mahdi, 42, chose to die by three bullets to the heart instead of lethal injection or the electric chair. On March 7, Brad ...

The execution of Mikal Mahdi, 42, will mark the second time in five weeks that the state has used a firing squad.