The prisoner, killed last month in the second execution of the South Carolina squad, was conscious and probably with exceptional pain up to a minute after the bullets missed their goal, lawyers say.
Dr. Jonathan Arden, a forensic pathologist hired by Mikal Mahdi’s attorneys, claims that the execution on April 11 is a “massive bot” after he completed an analysis of the findings of autopsy, according to the pathologist’s report, which was filed on Thursday with a letter to the Supreme Court of the State.
The case disputes the legal precedent set Owens vs Stirling– that the fired units are humane, if done correctly – claiming that Mahdi’s execution is a “cruel and unusual punishment” in violation of the eighth amendment.
The 42-year-old Mahdi was sentenced to the killings in 2004 by a police officer on duty in Kalhun County, South Carolina and a shop clerk in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was sentenced to death for the murder of the officer and life in prison for killing the clerk.
Mikal Mahdi, a prisoner in South Carolina, sentenced to two murders of SEPERATE 2004
The 41 -year -old Mikal Mahdi was executed on April 11 at 6 pm in a prison in Colombia.
Arden’s analysis claims that only two bullets hit Mahdi, both low in the torso and well under the heart, contrary to the protocol, which requires three shots in the heart for rapid death.
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“The shooters missed the intended target zone and the evidence shows that it was only struck by two bullets, not the prescribed three. Therefore, the nature of the internal injuries from the firearms led to a more prolonged death,” Arden said.
The partial damage to the heart of Mahdi allowed prolonged distribution, which led Arden to determine that Mahdi probably remained conscious within 60 seconds of shooting.
Witnesses to the execution, according to the AP, heard Mahdi shout when the shots were fired, popped up again about 45 seconds later, and released a last low moan, just before he appeared to take his last breath at 75 seconds.
Arden also criticizes the autopsy for lack of basic documentation, such as X -rays, clothing exam and adequate photos.
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He said Mahdi’s execution did not meet the medical and constitutional standards of humane death.
In contrast, the autopsy of Brad Sigmon, the first person killed by the shooting of the squad in the state, showed three different wounds of bullets and his heart was deleted, Arden said. He added that the autopsy report in this case includes X -rays, adequate photos, and a fugless examination of his clothes.
Prison staff did not indicate that there were problems with Mahdi’s execution. The Shield Act maintains many details private, including the training and methods used by the dismissal unit.
This photo, provided by the South Carolina Amendment Department, shows the death of death in Colombia, SC, including the electric chair, to the right and a shooting chair.
In the official autopsy report, the pathologist Dr. Bradley Marcus writes that the reason for having only two wounds is that one can be caused by two bullets entering the body in the same place. Marcus said he had talked to an unnamed prison employee who reported that when the three voluntary fired members of the units, sometimes their goals end up with only one or two holes from three live circles.
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Arden called on this virtually unheard of in his 40s examiners and said Marcus told him in a conversation that the possibility was remote.
The autopsy found damage in only one of the four cameras on Mahdi’s heart – the right ventricle. There were major damage to his liver and pancreas as the bullets continued down.
“The entrance wounds were in the lowest breast area, just above the border with the abdomen, which is not largely above the heart,” Arden writes.
The Orange Public Safety captain James Myers, 56, was killed forcibly by Mikal Mahdi on July 18, 2004 in a shed in his property.
Mahdi was sentenced to death in 2006 after admitting he was killing outside the duty OrangeBurg Public Safety Division Captain James Myers, 56, in his property on July 18, 2004.
Myers was shot dead at least eight times and his body was burned when his wife found him in their shed, which was close to a gas station where Mahdi tried to buy gas with a stolen credit card. He left a vehicle that he tilted in Colombia at the gas station and was later arrested in Florida while driving an unmarked Mayers police truck.
Mahdi also admitted that he had killed the convenience Christopher Bogs for three days before killing Mayers. God was shot in the head twice as he checks Mahdi’s identification, according to AP.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Original article source: The cop killer died after a “executed” execution of the squad; A witness in the room reveals how it happened