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A second South Carolina death row inmate, Mikal Mahdi, 41, has chosen execution by firing squad on April 11 following his guilty murder plea.

South Carolina is set to execute 42-year-old Mikal Mahdi by firing squad for killing an off-duty police officer who was ambushed, shot nine times and set on fire.

Mahdi was put to death for the 2004 shooting of an off-duty police officer during a robbery. They also want the firing squad removed from the methods of execution that an inmate can choose until ...

Mahdi's execution was the 12th inmate in the U.S. this year and the third in South Carolina. Another inmate was executed in the U.S. this week: Michael Tanzi by lethal injection in Florida on Tuesday.