SC sets execution date for Mikal Mahdi, who killed Orangeburg deputy
A man who burned the body of an Orangeburg County deputy after shooting him 9 times will die by execution on April 11, SC ...
Execution set for SC cop killer Mikal Mahdi. He would be third person executed this year
Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to death for the murder of Orangeburg police officer James Edward Meyers in Calhoun County, South Carolina, in 2004.
Autopsy reveals that second South Carolina death row inmate died with fluid in his lungs
The South Carolina Department of Corrections uses a lethal injection protocol that was suspended by the Department of Justice ...
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Catholic bishop warns against ‘culture of death’ as Idaho backs firing squad executions
Executions by firing squad are permitted in five states, but the new law will make Idaho the only state in which death by ...
Idaho becomes first state to prefer death by firing squad for executions
Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a bill on Wednesday making death by firing squad the preferred method for executions, and death ...
Idaho will be only state with firing squad as main execution method, after governor signs bill
In 2023, Idaho passed a law to allow firing squads for executions. But that law only allowed firing squads as a back-up execution method when lethal injection – the primary execution method in Idaho ...
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Idaho becomes the only state with firing squad as main execution method
Idaho will become the only state to fatally shoot death row inmates as its main execution method. Idaho Gov. Brad Little on ...
NW state makes firing squad preferred method for prison executions
The action comes on the heels of the first U.S. execution by firing squad in nearly 15 years last week in South Carolina.
Texas and Louisiana Death Row Prisoners Win Reprieves from Execution
A Texas appeals court has blocked the execution of David Wood just two days before he was set to be put to death by lethal ...
Texas 'Desert Killer' David Leonard Wood gets rare stay of execution: What to know
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has blocked the execution of convicted El Paso 'Desert Killer' David Leonard Wood, amid lack of DNA evidence.
Death Row Inmate Who Robbed, Raped, Kidnapped And Killed A Woman Expects To Be Executed In A ‘Humane’ Way
Attorneys for Jessie Hoffman Jr. argues Louisiana is using the inmate as a test for the nitrogen method that has only been ...
Firing squad could become Idaho's main execution method under a bill awaiting governor's approval
Death by firing squad could become Idaho’s primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor’s desk ...