Posted on 05/08/2025 7:24:07 PM PDT by Libloather
A South Carolina firing squad tried to shoot a convicted cop killer in the heart and missed in a “botched” execution that left him in “excruciating” pain as he bled out, according to an autopsy and experts.
Mikal Mahdi, 42 — who murdered a South Carolina police officer during a crime spree in 2004 — was shot to death by a three-person firing squad on April 11.
But an autopsy later revealed that none of the bullets hit his heart directly, and that his chest showed only two bullet wounds instead of three, according to a disturbing report by NPR.
The bullets that struck him injured his liver and other internal organs and allowed his heart to keep beating as he remained alive for roughly a minute, experts said.
“Mr. Mahdi did experience excruciating conscious pain and suffering for about 30 to 60 seconds after he was shot,” pathologist Dr. Jonathan Arden wrote in his analysis of the state autopsy.
Arden, who was hired by Mahdi’s lawyers to review the autopsy, added that Mahdi was “alive and reacting longer than was intended or expected.”
In July 2004, Mahdi went on a multi-state crime spree — committing carjacking, firearm robbery, and three murders, including that of 56-year-old off-duty police officer James Myers, who was shot at least eight times before his body was burned.
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Agreed,
I volunteer to pull that trigger.
A dead murderer is a good thing.
Fire free!!!
This was payback.
"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 )."
As if they couldn't tell the difference by the recoil.
I suppose that it might fool someone who has never shot a rifle before.
Good.
CRY ME A RIVER
Yeah, and the guy he shot?
All this bleeding heart nonsense over criminals who inflict far worse on their victims disgusts me.
However, I would expect someone executing someone to have better aim.
But, he was dead within a minute? After catching a .44 magnum slug through the leg in my younger days, I would have to disagree with the experts. I didn't start feeling any pain until about 10 minutes later.
Range practice before such a job assignment should be mandatory.
Cop killer? They missed his heart ON PURPOSE! Make him SUFFER more!
He was shot. He died. The execution was not “botched”.
I fixed it for You.
IMO ANYONE that Kills (aside from true SELF DEFENSE or Saving another person) should suffer. It will give the SCUMBAG KILLER a small taste of what they did to someone. We don't need to put them in jail and spend untold money to feed/house/provide medical care.
I could shoot a dime at 15 feet with a red rider bb gun. How could they miss?
Use three shotguns...
DEI executioners? Have these people ever fired a rifle before?
“Though expanding to a 12 person firing squad would increase the opportunities.”
I’m sure they could have had many volunteers. Three is too few.
Mahdi was raised as a twisted Muslim.......
Bad to the bone:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikal_Mahdi
My opinion - more like a guess - is that the shooters were very proficient and
gave the cop killer an extra minute of life intentionally.
Agreed.
Seems like a good way to go for someone like that.
Well ... there's your problem, right there.
Next time, try ten ... armed with .45-70 rifles.
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