South Carolina is set to execute 42-year-old Mikal Mahdi by firing squad for killing an off-duty police officer who was ...

Mikal Mahdi gorged on ribeye steak, mushroom risotto, broccoli, collard greens, cheesecake and sweet tea as a his last meal ...

The state's execution protocols called for a hood to be pulled over Mahdi's head before three volunteer corrections staff ...

Collins, who has witnessed 12 executions, said that it was the first time he had heard an audible expression of pain from a condemned person. Mahdi was sentenced to death following a 2004 crime ...

Mikal Mahdi was executed on Friday night by firing squad in South Carolina for a pair of murders nearly 21 years ago. The ...

Mikal Mahdi gave no final statement and did not look to his right toward the nine witnesses in the room behind bulletproof glass and bars once the curtain opened. He took a few deep breaths during ...

If Mahdi's execution moves forward, he will become the 12th inmate executed in the U.S. this year and the third in South Carolina. Mahdi's attorneys are arguing that he should be spared because he ...