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"Inmates with contraband cellphones aren’t just continuing their crimes, they’re escalating them," South Carolina Attorney ...
South Carolina man Stephen Stanko died by lethal injection3. Stanko was convicted of killing his friend and girlfriend in ...
Response to application from respondent Henry Dargan McMaster, Governor of South Carolina filed. 06/13/2025 Reply of applicant Stephen Stanko filed. 06/13/2025 Application (24A1231) referred to the ...
Santonio Catoe, 39, was struck by lightning while fishing on April 11, based on information from the National Weather Service and the North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections.
South Carolina Department of Corrections / AP Mahdi will then be secured to a chair, with straps around his waist, ankles and arms. Then a curtain to the witness room will open.
On April 11, a thunderbolt hit 39-year-old Santonio Catoe while he was fishing, according to information from the National Weather Service and the North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections ...
A Connecticut correction officer who was accused of targeting a South Carolina federal law enforcement agent and his family ...
South Carolina executed another convicted murderer by firing squad on Friday night, the second such execution in the state. The inmate, Mikal Mahdi, 41, was declared dead shortly after 6 p.m ...
SOUTH CAROLINA (WSPA) — After more than 11 years with the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC), Director Bryan Stirling has stepped down. Stirling’s departure comes after he was ...
Mahdi, 42, was declared dead at 6:05 p.m. EDT at the Broad River Correctional Institute, according to the South Carolina Department of Corrections.
This photo provided by South Carolina Department of Corrections shows Mikal Mahdi. Credit: AP/UncreditedThe firing squad is an execution method with a long and violent history around the world.
FILE - This photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left.