The player is accused of a crime that is not considered to be as severe elsewhere but the punishment is unthinkable.

A pathologist hired by death row inmates' attorneys says a South Carolina man executed by firing squad was conscious and ...

An inmate sentenced to death twice in two South Carolina killings has been scheduled to be executed on June 13.

Mikal Mahdi reportedly “cried out” and flexed his arms once he was shot, according to a witness of the execution ...

An autopsy later revealed that none of the bullets hit his heart directly, and that his chest showed only two bullet wounds ...

Last week, we learned another hard lesson about executions, namely that there is no foolproof way of killing someone.

Stephen Stanko is scheduled for death on June 13 and must decide by May 30 whether to die by lethal injection, firing squad, ...

Two South Carolina legislators are seeking an investigation into the state’s firing squad execution last month.

Murderer Steven Stanko came to Augusta, where he told golf patrons he owned several Hooters. A woman here tipped off cops after she saw he was wanted.

A pathologist hired by attorneys for death row inmates says a South Carolina man executed by firing squad was conscious and ...

State Reps. Neil Collins (R-District 5) and Justin Bamberg (D-District 90) question whether 'proper standards and protocols' ...

Cop-killer Mikal Mahdi yelled in pain when he was shot inside of the state’s death chamber on April 11. He was executed for ...