South Carolina Dept of Corrections is in the news for executing Mikal Mahdi by firing squad, the first in the state’s history and in 15 years in the US.
Stephen Bryant was executed by firing squad in South Carolina after admitting to killing three people in 2004. The execution, scheduled for 6 p.m., involved volunteer prison staff with live ammunition. Bryant's clemency request remains pending, with no governor clemency since 1976. This marks South Carolina's 50th execution since restarting the death penalty.