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UNBELIEVABLE: Lawyers fight to stop south carolina man s execution by firing squad - Caught on Camera

Mikal Mahdi South Carolina David Weiss Brad Sigmon James Myers Torture United States

portrait of person wearing white shirt standing against black wall — Mikal Mahdi at age 40, at the Broad River correctional institution in Columbia, South Carolina. Photograph: Courtesy of Mikal Mahdi's attorneys

A 42-year-old man on South Carolina death row is fighting to stop his execution by firing squad, with his attorneys arguing he endured prolonged torture as a child and did not receive a fair trial.

Mikal Mahdi is due to be killed on Friday, nearly 20 years after he was sentenced to death for the 2004 killing of James Myers, a 56-year-old off-duty public safety officer.

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