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SC Supreme Court grants AG's request to delay convicted murderer's appeal response
Over protests of convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh's legal defense team, the SC Supreme Court has granted state prosecutors a ...
A firing squad is set to execute South Carolina inmate Mikal Mahdi today. What to know.
Under the state's execution protocols, the firing squad will put a hood over Mahdi's head and shoot him in the heart ...
South Carolina executes Mikhal Mahdi in second firing squad execution this year
South Carolina prison officials put a man to death by firing squad for the second time in just over a month when they ...
South Carolina's highest court dragged into fight over $1.8 billion accounting error
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's elected treasurer is asking the state's highest court to stop a hearing later this ...
Mikal Mahdi Executed by Firing Squad in South Carolina: What We Know
Mikal Mahdi was executed on Friday night by firing squad in South Carolina for a pair of murders nearly 21 years ago. The ...
SC Supreme Court grants state more time in Murdaugh appeal request
The South Carolina Supreme Court granted state prosecutors more time to respond to an appeal for a new murder trial for convicted killed Alex Murdaugh.
South Carolina’s highest court denies appeal to stay upcoming firing squad execution for cop killer
Mahdi is to be put to death with three bullets to the heart at 6 p.m. on April 11 at the Broad River Correctional Institution ...
South Carolina prepares for second firing squad execution
COLUMBIA, S.C. — (AP) — Long a method of execution associated with political terror or military justice, a firing squad is ...
Firing squad execution on Friday: Is Mikal Mahdi 'epitome of evil' or victim of the system?
South Carolina is set to execute 42-year-old Mikal Mahdi by firing squad for killing an off-duty police officer who was ...