Second South Carolina Inmate Chooses Death by Firing Squad
A second South Carolina death row inmate, 41-year-old Mikal Mahdi, has chosen to have his execution carried out by a firing squad.

A second South Carolina death row inmate, 41-year-old Mikal Mahdi, has chosen to have his execution carried out by a firing squad.
South Carolina executed double murderer Brad Sigmon via firing squad Friday, making him the first U.S. inmate to die by firing squad in 15 years.
Jean-Pierre said, “He was the leader of the Democratic Party. It was truly his decision to make on what he wanted to do, and I supported that.”
South Carolina death row inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die by firing squad on his execution date, March 7, 2025.
Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) signed legislation over the weekend legalizing the use of firing squads to carry out execution sentences in his state.
Firing squads are making a comeback, and Idaho is on the verge of becoming the fifth state to use the execution method.
Donald Trump’s team refuted the Rolling Stone’s report that he wants a video campaign to hype death penalty executions.
South Carolina death row inmate Richard Moore has chosen to be executed by a firing squad when his sentence is carried out on April 29, 2022.
South Carolina has set a date for its first death row execution since renovating its Death Chamber to accommodate death by firing squad.
The South Carolina Department of Corrections announced Friday that it is now ready to conduct death row inmate executions by firing squad.
Members of the South Carolina House have voted to add death by firing squad as a state execution method due to a lack of lethal injection drugs.
South Carolina lawmakers seek to resume executions in the state after going nearly ten years without executing an inmate.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un reportedly executed four senior communist officials via firing squad following his failed meeting with President Donald Trump in Vietnam, according to a report from the Japanese news agency Asia Press on Wednesday.
Four inmates on Tennessee’s death row requested to be put to death by a firing squad because they felt death by lethal injection or electrocution was “cruel and unusual punishment.”