A pathologist hired by attorneys for death row inmates says a South Carolina man executed by firing squad was conscious and likely in extreme pain for as long as a minute.

A firing squad has executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer decades ago.

A few more details are known about South Carolina's firing squad as the state prepares to carry out its second execution by that method.

South Carolina’s highest court has rejected the last major appeal from Mikal Mahdi, who is scheduled to die by firing squad this week for the ambush killing of a police officer.

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

Lawyers for a South Carolina inmate set to be put to death next month want the state Supreme Court to stop his execution, saying his defense’s plea for his life at his original trial was totally inadequate.

FLEMING ISLAND, Fla. – Clay County deputies on Thursday recovered the body of a man who was last seen before Christmas on a boat south of Green Cove Springs. The Sheriff’s Office issued a missing person’s alert for James Myers on Saturday. When someone saw a body in the river Thursday morning near the Knight’s Boat Ramp, the dive team was called to recover the remains.