A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its ...

A last-ditch effort from attorneys of a death row inmate argue that his beliefs about being a "sovereign citizen" could be considered insanity and should spare him from execution.

Mikal Mahdi, who pleaded guilty to murder for killing a police officer in 2004, is scheduled to be executed April 11.

If his execution proceeds, Mahdi will be the second South Carolinian to die by firing squad in the last 40 days, following ...

Weiss said that Mahdi loves to read nonfiction, keep up with current events, and even paint for his fellow death-row inmates upon request. “If South Carolina does move forward with executing ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets. Mikal Mahdi ...

Editor’s note: South Carolina is scheduled to execute death row inmate Mikal Mahdi on April 11. This is a partial transcript of prosecutor Pascoe’s closing argument seeking the death penalty ...

A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets. Mikal Mahdi, who pleaded guilty to murder for ...