South Carolina Prepares Second Firing Squad Execution

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South Carolina prepares for second firing squad execution

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Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to die 20 years ago for the ambush killing of an off-duty police officer.

He chose to die by three bullets to the heart instead of lethal injection or the electric chair.

On March 7 , Brad Sigmon was executed in the first U.S. firing squad death in 15 years .

The firing squad is an execution method with a long and violent history around the world.

Mahdi 's death is the end of a busy time in South Carolina's death chamber.

He will be the fifth inmate killed since September after the state had not had any executions since 2011 .

The state was able to restart executions after lawmakers allowed the firing squad and passed a bill allowing suppliers of the pentobarbital to remain secret.

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