The (Raleigh) News & Observer on MSN12d
After nearly 30 years on death row, he’s fighting for NC to give him a basic education
Marcus Mitchell has advocated for access to a high school education for individuals on death row for nearly two decades. Now, ...
Another South Carolina death row inmate chooses to die by firing squad 40 days after first execution
Mikal Mahdi, who pleaded guilty to murder for killing a police officer in 2004, is scheduled to be executed April 11.
Raleigh News & Observer13d
After nearly 30 years on death row, he’s fighting for NC to give him a basic education
There are 121 people on death row in North Carolina, according to the Department of Adult Correction. The majority of them are men at Central Prison. The two women on death row are at the North ...
The State2d
A second person on South Carolina’s death row has chosen to be executed by firing squad
Mahdi was in the middle of a multi-state crime spree during which he also killed a convenience store clerk in North Carolina ... South Carolina law requires that death row inmates choose their ...
WYFF2d
Another South Carolina death row inmate chooses firing squad
WELL, THE NEXT SOUTH CAROLINA DEATH ROW INMATE SCHEDULED FOR EXECUTION HAS ... Public Defender’s Office in the Western District of North Carolina, issued the following statement on behalf ...
Winston-Salem Journal2d
Man convicted of killing Winston-Salem store clerk and off-duty SC police officer chooses death by firing squad
No South Carolina governor has offered clemency in the 47 executions in the state since the death penalty resumed in the United States in 1976.
New York Post2d
South Carolina cop killer chooses execution by firing squad
A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by ... his guilty plea to killing a convenience store clerk in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, before the South Carolina killing; and ...
Yahoo20d
Backlash to clemency for 15 on NC’s death row leads to GOP call to limit governor’s power
Republicans have taken away many of the powers of North Carolina’s governor, but the position still carries the power of life and death. Now, some GOP lawmakers are proposing to ask voters ...
The State9d
SC death row inmate asks to halt execution, says defense was as ‘superficial’ as Law & Order
Mahdi was in the middle of a multi-state crime spree during which he also killed a convenience store clerk in North Carolina when ... rare stay of execution to death row inmate Steven Bixby ...
WXII 12 NEWS24d
Authorities share cause of death for 33-year-old North Carolina woman originally reported missing
Authorities are releasing more information after discovering the body of a missing North Carolina woman. According to ... old Amber Shelton and the cause of death was determined to have been ...
The Independent23d
South Carolina death row inmate executed by firing squad, first in U.S. in 15 years
It was South Carolina’s first firing ... 45 fellow demonstrators protesting the death penalty. Taylor had known Sigmon since 2020. While on death row, he tithed his commissary funds, helped ...
AOL23d
Who is Brad Sigmon? The South Carolina death row inmate set for first U.S. firing squad execution in 15 years
The South Carolina killer was placed on death row after pleading guilty to the double ... Upon her arrival, Barbare was ushered into a car at gunpoint. The woman managed to jump out of the vehicle ...