A death row inmate convicted of killing a South Carolina police officer more than 20 years ago has decided how he will die. Mikal Mahdi had until March 28 to choose how he wanted to be executed, and chose death by firing squad,

South Carolina inmate has asked to die by firing squad just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets

Mikal Mahdi, who killed a South Carolina police officer during a multi-state crime spree, has chosen to die by firing squad. He is only the second person to choose to die this way since it was added as a method of execution by the state legislature in 2021.