South Carolina prepares for second firing squad execution
- A South Carolina man, Mikal Mahdi, was executed by firing squad for killing Officer James Myers in 2004, marking the state’s second use of this execution method in five weeks.
- Mahdi admitted to killing Myers by shooting him eight times and burning his body.
- His final appeal was denied by both the U.S. And South Carolina Supreme Courts, concluding a 13-year pause on executions in the state.
- Mahdi had the option to choose between firing squad, lethal injection, or electric chair, selecting what his attorney described as the lesser of three evils.
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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...
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