Witness The Associated Press reporter Jeffery Collins speaks during a press conference after the execution of South Carolina inmate Mikal Mahdi in Columbia, S.C., Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/David Yeazell)
Protestors put their signs inside the Department of Corrections fence prior to the scheduled execution of South Carolina inmate Mikal Mahdi in Columbia, S.C., Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/David Yeazell)
A protester prays outside the site of the scheduled execution of South Carolina inmate Mikal Mahdi in Columbia, S.C., Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/David Yeazell)
Ron Kaz demonstrates outside the site of the scheduled execution of South Carolina inmate Mikal Mahdi in Columbia, S.C., Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/David Yeazell)
Bucky Bruce demonstrates outside the scheduled execution of South Carolina inmate Mikal Mahdi in Columbia, S.C., Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/David Yeazell)
Sister Pamela Smith demonstrates outside the site of the scheduled execution of South Carolina inmate Mikal Mahdi in Columbia, S.C., Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/David Yeazell)
Protestors put their signs inside the Department of Corrections fence prior to the scheduled execution of South Carolina inmate Mikal Mahdi in Columbia, S.C., Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/David Yeazell)
FILE - This photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left. The South Carolina Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, on whether the state can use the electric chair, firing squad or a new lethal injection protocol to carry out its first executions in nearly 13 years. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP, File)
Members of South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty speak before presenting petitions to South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster asking him to grant clemency to Mikal Mahdi before his firing squad execution during a news conference on Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty Executive Director Hillary Taylor presents petitions to South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster asking him to grant clemency to Mikal Mahdi before his firing squad execution after a news conference on Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
FILE - This undated photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the witness room in the execution chamber at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, S.C. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP, File)
FILE. This March 2019 photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's electric chair in Columbia, S.C. (Kinard Lisbon/South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP, File)
South Carolina execution protestors demonstrate outside the scheduled execution of South Carolina inmate Mikal Mahdi in Columbia, S.C., Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/David Yeazell)
This photo provided by South Carolina Department of Corrections shows Mikal Mahdi. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP)
Sister Pamela Smith, left, and Brian Hansen demonstrate outside the site of the scheduled execution of South Carolina inmate Mikal Mahdi in Columbia, S.C., Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/David Yeazell)
Protestors Noel Nickel, left, and Ron Kaz demonstrate in the rain outside the scheduled execution of South Carolina inmate Mikal Mahdi in Columbia, S.C., Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/David Yeazell)
The South Carolina Department of Corrections is seen prior the scheduled execution of South Carolina inmate Mikal Mahdi in Columbia, S.C., Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/David Yeazell)
Director of Communications at the South Carolina Department of Corrections Chrysti Shain (center), speaks during a press conference after the execution of South Carolina inmate Mikal Mahdi in Columbia, S.C., Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/David Yeazell)
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Witness The Associated Press reporter Jeffery Collins speaks during a press conference after the execution of South Carolina inmate Mikal Mahdi in Columbia, S.C., Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/David Yeazell)
