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Man executed by firing squad was conscious for up to a minute after bullets missed target, lawyers say
A pathologist hired by death row inmates' attorneys says a South Carolina man executed by firing squad was conscious and ...
South Carolina Supreme Court sets execution for death row inmate convicted in 2005 murders
Stephen Stanko is scheduled for death on June 13 and must decide by May 30 whether to die by lethal injection, firing squad, ...
A Progressive Justice Billed This Method of Execution as “Relatively Quick and Painless.” She Was Wrong.
Last week, we learned another hard lesson about executions, namely that there is no foolproof way of killing someone.
South Carolina man convicted of murdering two people gets a June execution date
A South Carolina man who was twice sentenced to die for killing two people nearly two decades ago was scheduled Friday to be ...
South Carolina firing squad ‘botched’ execution of cop killer Mikal Mahdi as bullets missed heart, left him alive ‘longer than was intended’
An autopsy later revealed that none of the bullets hit his heart directly, and that his chest showed only two bullet wounds ...
Execution set for S.C. double murderer in a case with Augusta ties
Murderer Steven Stanko came to Augusta, where he told golf patrons he owned several Hooters. A woman here tipped off cops after she saw he was wanted.
Lawyers for man executed by firing squad in South Carolina say bullets mostly missed his heart
A pathologist hired by attorneys for death row inmates says a South Carolina man executed by firing squad was conscious and ...
2 SC legislators seek investigation into claim of ‘botched’ firing squad
Cop-killer Mikal Mahdi yelled in pain when he was shot inside of the state’s death chamber on April 11. He was executed for ...
Upstate lawmaker joins colleague to call for investigation into SC firing squad execution
State Reps. Neil Collins (R-District 5) and Justin Bamberg (D-District 90) question whether 'proper standards and protocols' ...
Lawmakers seek investigation into South Carolina’s firing squad execution
Two South Carolina legislators are seeking an investigation into the state’s firing squad execution last month.