Last week, we learned another hard lesson about executions, namely that there is no foolproof way of killing someone.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's highest court on Monday ... in earlier unsuccessful appeals and refused to stop Friday's scheduled execution so further hearings could be held.

We don’t know what went wrong, but nothing about his execution was humane. The implications are horrifying for anyone facing the same choice as Mikal. South Carolina’s refusal to acknowledge ...

A South Carolina firing squad tried ... will last only ten to fifteen seconds,” the justices wrote. “Unless there is a massive botch of the execution in which each member of the firing squad ...

His execution was initially scheduled for Feb. 12, 2021, but was stayed due to South Carolina’s inability to obtain lethal injection drugs. Subsequent execution dates, including May 13 ...

An inmate put to death last month in South ... squad execution was conscious and likely in extreme pain for up to a minute after the bullets missed their target and failed to quickly stop his ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s highest court on ... in earlier unsuccessful appeals and refused to stop Friday’s scheduled execution so further hearings could be held.