Posted on 04/12/2025 3:20:08 AM PDT by Libloather
A convicted cop killer who became the second death row inmate in South Carolina to die by firing squad chomped on a ribeye steak, mushroom risotto, broccoli, collard greens and cheesecake before he was executed on Friday night.
Mikal Mahdi, 42, had three slugs fired into his heart by trained correctional volunteers at Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia and was pronounced dead at 6:05 p.m. for the ambush killing of Orangeburg Public Safety Captain James Myers in 2004.
Mahdi, who washed down his hearty last meal with a sweet tea, did not make a final statement before his execution, according to the South Carolina Department of Corrections.
Mahdi was then hooded and strapped to a metal chair that sat on top of a catch basin inside the prison’s death chamber with a white target and red bullseye placed over his chest.
Three members from the state’s corrections department stood behind a wall 15 feet away and simultaneously opened fire through openings in the partition at 6:01 p.m. Each shooter fired one round, with Mahdi flexing his arms and crying out as the bullets struck him.
The bullseye was also pushed into the wound in his chest.
Mahdi continued to groan and take deep breaths for about two minutes before taking one final gasp – with a doctor affirming his death four minutes after the shots rang out.
Nine witnesses were seated in a room separated from the chamber by bulletproof glass.
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And the Meyers family had to wait 20 yrs for this
Wouldn’t using a mulcher be better for the environment? And guns are bad we ben told.
Remember the year the Norks put Jong-un’s uncle in a cage, and he was then eaten by starved dogs. Yea, Un watched along with a stadium of people.
This guy got in a lot of trouble. Killed someone in a drug deal in Virginia, then killed someone in North Carolina, then killed a policeman who stopped him in South Carolina. Pled guilty. Virginia didn’t try him because they figured he would be executed in North or South Carolina.
Agreed. You are guaranteed to shit your pants, but worse aspirate your vomited food and choke to death before you bleed out. Absolutely no dignity, but that's why he ate like a murderous glutton -- he had no dignity to lose.
Your comment dispays a highly developed imagination that would enable you to work for any number of American “news” outlets. Cheers!
I don't know what they use but a 30-06 at 15 yards?!? I don't believe so. I used one years ago deer hunting and hit a buck that turned around and was going away from me so I thought I could squeeze one in to his chest and instead, hit him in the right back leg at 250 yds. Ruined the whole leg and knocked him over. He was still alive when I got to him but the round had knocked him into next week. 15 yards fro three 30-06s would have probably been instantaneous death.
“They also tend to pump the soon to die full of psychotropics and it becomes taking grandma out for a nice meal.”
Several years ago a USAF guy told of his witnessing a beheading in a Middle Eastern country. He said the guy just walked out there, willingly knelt and bowed down, then off came his head in one lop. I asked why he didn’t fight it, the USAF guy said they drug them first.
So yes, they can drug a person so they may think they are going for a walk in the park, when in actuality they are taking a walk to Hell’s gate.
3 shooters?
Took 2 minutes to die.
Stationary target???
HMMMMMMMMMM....
What? No bud light?-)
OATMEAL WORKS FOR ME
OR PBJ SANDWICH
Hasn’t Texas canceled final meal for the death penalty? Give the murderer some water and bread.
F*** quick kill. That is why shooters are “trained”. If taken from the public like jury duty many would have shot him lower so he would have died slowly like his victims.
The only correct “firing squad” execution would be like what the Soviets did, a quick small caliber round in the back of the head when you least expect it. Cheap and anon.
His disappointment came when he saw the McDonalds bag.
Proper
What a mess that would be
Lordy
Three high powered slugs ripping through the ventricles works trust me
Don’t worry
Great prison food is an anecdote
Trust me lol
What killing them isn’t enough
Freepers are so predictable lol
I know I know
I’m gonna go out on a limb here
The respect you show for executing prisoners is a barometer of civilization
Like toilet paper quality or how politely strangers queue up in wait lines
If you want to be Comanche or Hamas careful what u wish for
Be respectful and get it done
Usually we have
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