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South Carolina executes second man by firing squad in 5 weeks

Lee Williams,

Photo Courtesy: Office of Federal Public Defenders By  JEFFREY COLLINS Updated 8:19 PM EDT, April 11, 2025 COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A firing squad on Friday executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time the rare execution method has been used by the state in the past five weeks. Mikal Mahdi gave no final statement…

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Law Proposed to Shield Sales of Lethal Injection Drugs

The South Carolina Senate is considering a bill, that would shield the identities of pharmaceutical companies selling lethal injection drugs to S.C.
Grace Joyal

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – The South Carolina Senate is considering a bill, that would shield the identities of pharmaceutical companies selling lethal injection drugs to South Carolina. Currently, the state is unable to execute inmates on death row by lethal injection, because the drug companies refuse to sell them the drugs. If an inmate’s execution is ordered, it will not…