SC firing squad ‘intended to miss,’ cause inmate ‘extreme suffering,’ suit says By Ted Clifford Updated June 12, 2025 4:09 PM ...

They argue that the state’s three options for execution — lethal injection, electric chair and firing squad — all violate constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment.

March 23, 1988: Menzies sentenced to death and elected firing squad. First execution warrant issued, execution set for May 20, 1988, but execution was stayed pending automatic appeals.

They argue that the state’s three options for execution — lethal injection, electric chair and firing squad — all violate constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment. South ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — When the three executioners fired their high-powered rifles at him, Mikal Mahdi, who was sentenced to death for the execution-style murder of an Orangeburg police officer, yelled.

Those executions marked the first by firing squad in the United States since 2010 and only the fourth and fifth using that method in modern U.S. history. (The others were in Utah in 1977 and 1996.) ...

President Donald Trump dismissed former Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chair Christopher Hanson on Monday. House and Senate Democrats slammed President Donald Trump’s decision to fire Democratic ...

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — An engrossing qualifying journey of 16 games and the obstacles of a war came crashing down in an instant for Oday Dabbagh and his Palestinian team.

Eleven players from the Germany squad which reached the 2022 Women’s European Championship final are back for Euro 2025. The 23-player squad is captained by Bayern Munich’s Giulia Gwinn, one ...