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FILE - In this undated photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections, viewing chairs are placed in the witness room of the execution chamber in the Broad River Correctional Institute in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP, File
South Carolina performed its second firing squad execution on April 11, after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a stay of execution earlier in the day.
Inmate Mikal Mahdi was pronounced dead at 6:05 p.m. local time at a correctional facility in Columbia. Mahdi opted for the firing squad, instead of the other execution methods available in South Carolina—the electric chair or lethal injection.
