Mahdi was the second person to be executed by firing squad in South Carolina and the fifth to be executed since the state resumed executions in September 2024 following a 13 year pause.

Inmate Stephen Stanko was leaning toward a death by firing squad but changed his mind when he couldn't get more details about SC's newest execution method.

South Carolina Death Row. Death row inmates in South Carolina are given the choice of their method of execution between lethal injection, the electric chair and the firing squad.

Between 2021 and 2023, 100% of all executions in the U.S. were done by lethal injection. In the last year and a half, 16% have involved other methods.

South Carolina Death Row. Death row inmates in South Carolina are given the choice of their method of execution between lethal injection, the electric chair and the firing squad.

Despite the associated blood and gore, the firing squad — condemned inmates like himself were told — offered a quick, sure and less-agonizing death than the state's alternatives of lethal injection ...

A new law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis allows more methods of execution for people convicted of capital crimes.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — When the three executioners fired their high-powered rifles at him, Mikal Mahdi, who was sentenced to death for the execution-style murder of an Orangeburg police officer, yelled.

SC officials describe firing squad execution. Officials in South Carolina gave remarks to the media on the firing squad execution of Mikal Mahdi, who was convicted of killing three people and ...