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South Carolina's highest court refuses to stop second firing squad execution

  • South Carolina's highest court unanimously ruled against Mikal Mahdi's last major appeal, confirming his upcoming execution by firing squad for murdering an off-duty police officer
  • Mikal Mahdi is scheduled to be executed by firing squad at 6 p.m. on April 11 at Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia
  • Mahdi's execution will follow Brad Sigmon's, who previously chose firing squad as his execution method last month
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Columbia. A firing squad executed a South Carolina man on Friday who killed an off-duty police officer. The action represented the second execution in the state through this method in a matter of weeks after 15 years.

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Associated Press News broke the news in United States on Monday, April 7, 2025.
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