“Mr. Mahdi elected the firing squad, and this Court sanctioned it, based on the assumption that SCDC could be entrusted to carry out its straightforward steps:
locating the heart; placing a target over it; and hitting that target,” the court’s letter said.It was obvious that the faith was misguided.
In his 40-year experience, Dr. Arden said, he had never seen two gunshots penetrate the same location on a human body.
The South Carolina Department of Corrections has been approached by the LadBible organization for comment.