A pathologist hired by attorneys for death row inmates says a South Carolina man executed by firing squad was conscious and likely in extreme pain for as long as a minute.
A few more details are known about South Carolina's firing squad as the state prepares to carry out its second execution by that method.
South Carolina’s highest court has rejected the last major appeal from Mikal Mahdi, who is scheduled to die by firing squad this week for the ambush killing of a police officer.
A second South Carolina death row inmate has asked to die by firing squad just five weeks after the state carried out its first execution by bullets.
Lawyers for a South Carolina inmate set to be put to death next month want to stop his execution, saying his defense’s plea for his life at his original trial was totally inadequate.
