US EditionSouth Carolina prepares for second firing squad execution
- South Carolina executed Mikal Mahdi by firing squad, making him the second inmate to die this way in the state's history, according to reports.
- Governor Henry McMaster denied clemency to Mahdi, despite a plea from his defense team, highlighting Mahdi's tragic childhood circumstances.
- Mahdi was convicted for the 2004 murder of Officer James Myers, who was shot multiple times and set on fire, as reported by various news outlets.
- With Mahdi's execution, South Carolina has conducted five executions since resuming capital punishment and currently has 26 inmates on death row.
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South Carolina Executes Another by Firing Squad
A firing squad on Friday executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time the rare execution method has been used by the state in the past five weeks. Details, via the AP : Mikal Mahdi, 42, gave no final statement and did not look to...
US Man Executed By Firing Squad, Second Such Execution In 15 Years
A man facing the death penalty for committing two murders was executed by firing squad on Friday, the second such execution in the US state of South Carolina this year. Mikal Mahdi, 42, was executed for the 2004 murder of 56-year-old James Myers, an off-duty police officer, and the murder of a convenience store employee three days earlier. According to a statement from the prison, "the execution was performed by a three-person firing squad at 6:…
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