A murderer who shot a police officer dead before burning his corpse has been executed by firing squad. Mikal Mahdi chose to ...

The other two methods were either lethal injection or the electric chair. Mahdi, who pleaded guilty to murder for killing a police officer in 2004, is scheduled to be executed April 11. The execution ...

The State Legislature legalized executions by firing squad and electric chair in 2021, but it was blocked by a lower court the following year. On Tuesday, the state Supreme Court denied Sigmon's ...