The man sentenced to death for the killing of an off-duty Orangeburg police officer in 2004 has filed a stay of execution.

Mikal Mahdi burned the body of Orangeburg County Deputy James Edward Myers after shooting him 9 times. The death row inmate ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — With a South Carolina Supreme Court notice issued on Friday, March 14, Mikal Mahdi will be the fifth death row inmate to be ... The then-23-year-old Virginia man shot Myers ...

In November of 2006, Mahdi, who is from Richmond, Virginia, pleaded guilty to Myers' murder ... The state Supreme Court postponed the execution for the next death row inmate in line behind Mahdi.

In the hours leading up to Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution, attorneys for the inmate are hoping for a last-minute ...

On the day that Louisiana’s first execution in 15 years is scheduled to take place, attorneys for the inmate are hoping for a ...

“This culture of noncompliance, when combined with the risk-prone nature of pentobarbital poisoning as a method of execution, creates a high risk that a person receiving a lethal injection ...

A 46-year-old man convicted of rape and murder is to be put to death by nitrogen gas in the southern state of Louisiana on ...