A South Carolina death row inmate endured a "prolonged death" after a firing squad failed to hit their intended targets, an investigation submitted to the South Carolina Supreme Court revealed.
On April 11, Mikal Mahdi, 42, was executed by a firing squad in South Carolina. He was strapped to a chair and had a red bullseye target placed over his heart "to do maximum damage," according to the Guardian. Autopsy documents, however, revealed Mahdi only had two bullet wounds and was never struck in the heart but rather his pancreas, liver and lower lung.
