Mikal Mahdi, 41, was convicted of the 2004 death of Orangeburg Public Safety officer James Myers. The Associated Press reported that police said Mahdi killed a store clerk in North Carolina and stole ...

The state's execution protocols called for a hood to be pulled over Mahdi's head before three volunteer corrections staff shot him in the heart at the same time.

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

After eight years of trying to persuade his fellow lawmakers in the South Carolina House to require hands-free cellphone use ...