South Carolina plans to execute death row inmate Mikal Mahdi April 11. Here’s how Solicitor David Pascoe argued for the death penalty.

South Carolina plans to execute death row inmate Mikal Mahdi April 11. Here’s how Solicitor David Pascoe argued for the death penalty.

South Carolina plans to execute death row inmate Mikal Mahdi April 11. Here’s how Solicitor David Pascoe argued for the death penalty.

Of the tens of thousands of violent crimes that occur each year in South Carolina, only a handful end with life sentences. And it’s even more rare for the death penalty to be handed down.

Editor’s note: South Carolina is scheduled to execute death row inmate Mikal Mahdi on April 11. This is a partial transcript of prosecutor Pascoe’s closing argument seeking the death penalty ...

South Carolina plans to execute death row inmate Mikal Mahdi April 11. Here’s how Solicitor David Pascoe argued for the death penalty.

Dylann Roof wanted to start a race war, but I feel like there is already such a war going on, and it plays out in our ...

South Carolina plans to execute death row inmate Mikal Mahdi April 11. Here’s how Solicitor David Pascoe argued for the death penalty.

South Carolina plans to execute death row inmate Mikal Mahdi April 11. Here’s how Solicitor David Pascoe argued for the death penalty.

South Carolina plans to execute death row inmate Mikal Mahdi April 11. Here’s how Solicitor David Pascoe argued for the death penalty.

South Carolina plans to execute death row inmate Mikal Mahdi April 11. Here’s how Solicitor David Pascoe argued for the death penalty.

South Carolina plans to execute death row inmate Mikal Mahdi April 11. Here’s how Solicitor David Pascoe argued for the death penalty.