But were unable to pull in enough oxygen, causing a suffocating feeling. Mahdi’s lawyer, David Weiss, also told the news outlet:
“What I saw and heard is confirmed by the autopsy. “Mikal’s death was agonizing. Nothing about his execution was compassionate; we don’t know what went wrong.
“Anyone who must make the same decision as Mikal faces terrible ramifications. It is unacceptable for South Carolina to keep denying its execution shortcomings.
The execution, according to the lawyers, was “botched” because either the target over Mahdi’s chest wasn’t precisely positioned or the jail firing squad missed.
The independent finding coincides with the Corrections Department of South Carolina’s autopsy, which revealed that Mahdi was shot three times, with two of the bullets striking.
The same spot on his body. However, the state autopsy was “incredibly sparse, with far fewer details and photographs than normally issued,” according to Mahdi’s attorneys.
They assert that there is insufficient proof, such as X-rays and close-up photos of Mahdi’s body or clothes, indicating two bullets penetrated the same location.
