US EditionSouth Carolina inmate facing execution calls his defense more superficial than a 'Law & Order' show
- Mikal Mahdi is scheduled to be executed on April 11 for killing Officer James Myers in 2004, after ambushing him and setting his body on fire.
- Mahdi's lawyers claim his defense lasted only about 30 minutes and did not present key testimony about his troubled past.
- Judge Clifton Newman considered 28 witnesses during the trial, but his lawyers argue important testimony was not presented.
- Mahdi must choose how to die by March 28, with execution methods including firing squad, electric chair, or lethal injection.
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SC death row inmate's attorneys ask court to halt execution over traumatic childhood • SC Daily Gazette
Mikal Mahdi is scheduled to be executed in the state's death chamber above on Friday, April 11, 2025. (Provided by the S.C. Department of Corrections)COLUMBIA — Attorneys for inmate Mikal Mahdi are asking the state Supreme Court to halt his upcoming execution to consider the influence his traumatic childhood had on his crimes, according to a petition filed Tuesday. Mahdi’s execution is scheduled for 6 p.m. April 11. The now-41-year-old was sente…
South Carolina inmate facing execution calls his defense more superficial than a ’Law & Order’ show
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Lawyers for a South Carolina inmate set to be put to death next month want to stop his execution saying his defense's plea for his life at his original trial "didn't even span the length of a Law & Order episode, and was just as superficial."
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South Carolina inmate facing execution calls his defense more superficial than a 'Law & Order' show
Lawyers for a South Carolina inmate set to be put to death next month want the state Supreme Court to stop his execution, saying his defense’s plea for his life at his original trial was totally inadequate.
SC death row inmate’s attorneys ask court to halt execution over traumatic childhood
COLUMBIA — Attorneys for inmate Mikal Mahdi are asking the state Supreme Court to halt his upcoming execution to consider the influence his traumatic childhood had on his crimes, according to a petition filed Tuesday.
Attorneys for Mikal Mahdi Ask SC Supreme Court to Stay Execution
Citing years of abuse at home and over 7,000 hours of solitary confinement in prison – nearly all of it as a teenager – attorneys for Mikal Mahdi filed a petition asking the South Carolina Supreme Court to stay Mahdi’s execution and set aside his death sentence.
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