South Carolina is set to execute 42-year-old Mikal Mahdi by firing squad for killing an off-duty police officer who was ambushed, shot nine times and set on fire.

A South Carolina firing squad has executed Stephen Bryant, 44, on Friday, making him the third person to die by this method in the state this year. Bryant, who was condemned for killing three people ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina firing squad has executed a man Friday, the third person to die by that method in the state this year. Three prison employees, all with live ammunition, ...

Update (Dec. 31, 2025): A similar bill is expected to be filed in the Indiana House of Representatives on Jan. 5, 2026. House Bill 1119, titled Execution Methods, would authorize the death penalty to ...

After an attempt to add firing squads to Indiana law stalled in the Senate, a House panel on Wednesday passed a bill ...

COLUMBIA, S.C.(AP) — A South Carolina firing squad has executed a man Friday, the third person to die by that method in the state this year. Three prison employees, all with live ammunition, ...

Sen. Mike Young, R-Indianapolis, discusses his Senate Bill 11, which would allow Indiana to use a firing squad to carry out executions, during a committee meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (Photo by ...

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana State Senator is expected to file a bill later this month that would allow executions to be conducted via firing squad in the state of Indiana. Senate Bill 11 was written by ...

The University of Florida Board of Trustees Governance Committee voted to open the new graduate campus in the area surrounding the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center, which is the City of ...