South Carolina plans to execute Mikal Mahdi on Friday for the murder of a police officer, draping a hood over his head and firing three bullets into his heart. The choice to die by firing squad ...

Before that, no person had been killed by a firing squad in the United States in 15 years. By Eduardo Medina South Carolina executed another convicted murderer by firing squad on Friday night ...

FILE - This photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair ...

Five states − South Carolina, Mississippi, Utah, Oklahoma and Idaho − have legalized firing squads as an execution method but Mahdi's will only be the fifth such execution since 1977.

Former Northwestern University football players are finalizing an agreement with the school to settle lawsuits alleging hazing and abuse that led to longtime coach Pat Fitzgerald’s firing ...

Five states − South Carolina, Mississippi, Utah, Oklahoma and Idaho − have legalized firing squads as an execution method but Mahdi's is only the fifth such execution since 1977. A firing ...

Mikal Mahdi, 42, was executed for the 2004 murder of 56-year-old James Myers A man facing the death penalty for committing two murders was executed by firing squad on Friday, the second such ...

This wasn’t the first time Booth had felt this way, either, as team sources say Booth considered firing Malone heading into the 2023 championship run. Even with the friction that had festered ...

Georgia, execution by firing squad has been rare, with only four cases recorded, all previous three in Utah: Gary Mark Gilmore (Jan. 17, 1977); John Albert Taylor (Jan. 26, 1996); and Ronnie Lee ...