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Mikal Mahdi.

Lawyers for Mikal Mahdi allege ‘botched’ firing squad execution in South Carolina

May 12, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

According to a status report filed by Mikal Mahdi’s lawyers, the autopsy and eyewitness accounts of his death raise several... Read more

The lethal injection chamber at the Oklahoma State Penintentiary, May 7, 2010.

South Carolina inmate to die by firing squad, Tennessee resumes executions with new drug

Mar 7, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

Beginning in the 1980s, execution by lethal injection has become the primary method for executions in most states that have... Read more

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