It will be three people holding rifles about 15 feet away who will complete his punishment in what will be the United States’ first firing squad execution in 15 years. Some 46 prisoners have ...

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US A convicted killer who was executed in South ...

A murderer who shot a police officer dead before burning his corpse has been executed by firing squad. Mikal Mahdi chose ... eye was placed on his heart. The killer inhaled and exhaled deeply ...

A convicted police killer was controversially executed by a firing squad as he was left screaming in agony - and took two minutes to die. Mikal Mahdi, 42, cried out as the bullets hit him during ...

A man convicted of murdering a South Carolina police officer was executed by firing squad. Mikal Mahdi, 42, was shot in the heart by three riflemen on Friday. Now, here in Utah, convicted killer ...

He was also serving a life sentence for Boggs’ murder. Mahdi chose to die by firing squad, making him just the second person in South Carolina to select that method of execution. He was just the ...

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Brad Sigmon, 67, elected to die by firing squad, citing concerns about the suffering he would endure if he picked lethal injection. Sigmon was sentenced to death in 2002 for beating his ...

Brad Sigmon, 67, elected to die by firing squad, citing concerns about the suffering he would endure if he picked lethal injection. Sigmon was sentenced to death in 2002 for beating his ex ...