- A firing squad tried to shoot a prisoner in the heart. They missed, autopsy indicates NPR
- Revealed: Autopsy suggests South Carolina botched firing squad execution The Guardian
- Attorneys: Firing squad execution of South Carolina inmate was ‘botched’ WIS News 10
- Man executed by firing squad was conscious for up to a minute after bullets missed target, lawyers say CBS News
- Bullets mostly missed SC inmate’s heart, attorneys claim in legal filing South Carolina Daily Gazette