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Firing squad in Mikal Mahdi's execution botched it

Rob Beschizza
May 09, 2025
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The execution chamber. Photo: South Carolina Department of Corrections

Mikal Mahdi was executed by firing squad on April 11 in South Carolina. It was only the second by that method in 15 years there, and it showed: the firing squad botched it, failing to hit his heart and leaving him to "bleed out" for a minute or more in "excruciating conscious pain and…

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