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 ...

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

A firing squad execution carried out in South Carolina went wrong, leaving the subject alive and in pain for nearly a minute ...

An autopsy later revealed that none of the bullets hit his heart directly, and that his chest showed only two bullet wounds ...

The legal team for a man who was executed by firing squad in South Carolina claims the process was mishandled.

In South Carolina, autopsy records reveal corrections officers botched the execution of Mikal Mahdi, who was killed by firing ...

Lawyers for man executed by firing squad in South Carolina say bullets mostly missed his heart and he suffered in extreme pain for as long as a minute.

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 ...

This photo provided by South Carolina Department of Corrections shows Mikal Mahdi. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP) Members of South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death ...