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South Carolina firing squad ‘botched’ execution of cop killer Mikal Mahdi as bullets missed heart, left him alive ‘longer than was intended’
NY Post ^ | 5/08/25 | Natalie O'Neill

Posted on 05/08/2025 7:24:07 PM PDT by Libloather

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To: Libloather

He suffered. This may have been intentional.


41 posted on 05/08/2025 7:53:28 PM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: Libloather

Sling shots, blowguns, and maybe bows and arrows.


42 posted on 05/08/2025 7:54:32 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Libloather
Next time, dress the convicted in an outfit that will guarantee 100% kill shots.


43 posted on 05/08/2025 7:57:49 PM PDT by GOPmember
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To: Libloather

A few hundred mcg of Fentanyl would have been quicker and let he go to Satan on a high.


44 posted on 05/08/2025 7:57:51 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
...Next time hang the perp by piano wire and let him swing back and forth while the rifleman take aim. It's more fun to shoot a moving target.

...with bows and arrows.



45 posted on 05/08/2025 8:00:53 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: GOPmember

Tired brain didn’t catch that this was a cop killer. My inappropriate post suddenly became much more inappropriate. Would delete if able. My apologies.


46 posted on 05/08/2025 8:01:15 PM PDT by GOPmember
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To: T.B. Yoits

Where do I sign up? ;-)


47 posted on 05/08/2025 8:01:23 PM PDT by paulcissa (Politicians want you disarmed because they intend on doing things you would shoot them for.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ 39 But I tell you…

From a Christian perspective: all ethical matters must be weighed not just up against the Old Testament, but both in light of the New. It’s not that the Old is negated, but it alone can’t suffice as the foundation in light of Christ.

Divorce is another example.

8 He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. 9 And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.”

10 His disciples said to Him, “If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry.

48 posted on 05/08/2025 8:01:52 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: Libloather

Don’t care.

Next time make it six rifles.

Hell, make it a dozen.

L


49 posted on 05/08/2025 8:02:08 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: ASOC
“and one is told his his rifle has a blank”

No perhaps you missed the point. In such firing squads are all told one rifle has a blank (so every one can ease his mind and believe he may not be firing the fatal shot ).

50 posted on 05/08/2025 8:03:00 PM PDT by takebackaustin
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To: Libloather
3 12 gauge shotguns with OO buckshot would do the job. Roughly 27 9mm pellets striking in a close group.
51 posted on 05/08/2025 8:05:41 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: T.B. Yoits
Wonderful idea! I'm always worried that those doing the shooting might get over stressed. Bow and arrows bring that certain lighthearted je ne sais quoi to the festivities.

It is terrific to make it so everyone can have a good time. Maybe bring a grill and make burgers too, kind of tailgate party. Offer the condemned man a burger "hot off the grill" for his last meal so he can join in on the fun too. Don't forget the chips 'n' dip!

52 posted on 05/08/2025 8:11:33 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: VTenigma

So he suffered. Kinda like his victims? Well, too f’n bad. The appropriate punishment should have been 15 minutes free time with a Louisville Slugger for each of the kin of his victims. Batter up!!


53 posted on 05/08/2025 8:12:42 PM PDT by technically right
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To: Libloather

The use of a firing squad is fine but they need to overhaul the procedure from top to bottom; this really sounds like a botched procedure with incompetent people in charge.

The result will be more controversy about the use of the death penalty and possibly the loss of public support for the penalty.

How in the world could the marksmen miss at that distance? It reeks of a deliberate attempt to undermine public support of capital punishment.


54 posted on 05/08/2025 8:15:04 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: Libloather

Poor guy really suffered, says the mouthpiece’s mouthpiece.
That’s a tough titty said the kitty.


55 posted on 05/08/2025 8:17:38 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: Libloather

The autopsy showed the execution was successful......


56 posted on 05/08/2025 8:26:51 PM PDT by Quickgun (I got here kicking,screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)
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To: Libloather

57 posted on 05/08/2025 8:27:34 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Libloather

Gee, that’s unfortunate,


58 posted on 05/08/2025 8:48:57 PM PDT by awelliott (What one generation tolerates, the next embraces....)
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To: Libloather
” Arden, who was hired by Mahdi’s lawyers to review the autopsy,”

So, yeah, lawyer squeezings.

59 posted on 05/08/2025 8:55:27 PM PDT by Flag_This (They're lying.)
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To: Libloather

Botched? He is dead ain’t he?

The shooters need more range time. One complete miss, one in the lover, and one somewhere else? How far are these guys? 20 feet or so? Or... Do they?


60 posted on 05/08/2025 9:02:00 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's ey)
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