South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing squad on Friday, the first use of the method in the United States in 15 years.

Maintaining a system that risks killing the innocent along with the guilty is itself a crime — and one that underscores the ...

South Carolina became the first state since 2010 to execute an inmate by firing squad. Is the method legal in Mississippi?

Mikal Mahdi, convicted of murdering an Orangeburg police officer, is scheduled to die on April 11; he's among 26 people awaiting execution ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man who shot and killed an off-duty police officer in South Carolina is scheduled to become the fifth ...