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South Carolina prisoner executed by firing squad

Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A firing squad Friday executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time the rare execution method has been used by the state in the past five weeks.

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  1. WFMZ Allentown

    South Carolina prepares for second firing squad execution (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    A firing squad is set to kill a South Carolina inmate. Friday

  2. CBS News

    South Carolina executes second man by firing squad in 5 weeks (opens CBS News)

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    Mikal Mahdi, 42, chose to die by three bullets to the heart instead of lethal injection or the electric chair.

  3. NBC News

    South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer is executed by firing squad (opens NBC News)

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    COLUMBIA, S.C.— A firing squad on Friday executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time the rare execution method has been used by the state in the past five weeks.

  4. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    South Carolina prisoner executed by firing squad (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A firing squad Friday executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time the rare execution method has been used by the state in the past five weeks.

  5. Digital Journal

    Man executed by firing squad in South Carolina (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    A man facing the death penalty for committing two murders was executed by firing squad on Friday, the second such execution in the US state of South

  6. WHDH Boston

    South Carolina executes second man by firing squad in 5 weeks - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WHDH Boston's feed description

    COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A firing squad on Friday executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time the rare

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