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Entire US firing squad 'botches' execution leaving death row inmate to die slowly Entire US firing squad 'botches' execution leaving death row inmate to die slowly An autopsy has revealed that South Carolina death row inmate Mikal Mahdi 'suffered' longer than the 10-15 second window he was supposed to after being shot in the heart by a firing squad Lawyers representing a South Carolina death row inmate who was executed by firing squad on April 11 claim the state 'mishandled' the execution, leading to Mikal Mahdi experiencing an extended period of suffering. Mikal Mahdi, aged 42, received three shots to his heart from trained volunteer marksmen in April. However, it took the inmate four full minutes to die. An autopsy later revealed that Mahdi endured minutes of agony beyond the expected 10-15 seconds. A picture of Mahdi's torso showed only two apparent entry points, despite there being supposed to be three. This means that one shot missed his center of mass entirely. The bullets struck his pancreas, liver and lower lung, largely missing his heart, reports the Mirror US. During execution by firing squad, inmates have their heads shrouded with a black hood and wear a prominent red mark on their chests. Article continues below What did Mahdi's pathology report say? The state-appointed pathologist, Dr. Bradley Marcus, stated that there were two gunshot entries about half an
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