A pathologist hired by death row inmates' attorneys says a South Carolina man executed by firing squad was conscious and ...

Mikal Mahdi reportedly “cried out” and flexed his arms once he was shot, according to a witness of the execution ...

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

An inmate sentenced to death twice in two South Carolina killings has been scheduled to be executed on June 13.

Last week, we learned another hard lesson about executions, namely that there is no foolproof way of killing someone.

Stephen Stanko is scheduled for death on June 13 and must decide by May 30 whether to die by lethal injection, firing squad, ...

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.

Mikal Mahdi, 42, was executed by firing squad, the second execution in South Carolina this year using the controversial ...

Two South Carolina legislators are seeking an investigation into the state’s firing squad execution last month.

A former NCAA star could facing the death penalty in Indonesia after he was arrested for alleged drug smuggling. Jarred ...

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 ...

State Reps. Neil Collins (R-District 5) and Justin Bamberg (D-District 90) question whether 'proper standards and protocols' ...