South Carolina prepares for first execution in 13 years
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is set to execute its first inmate in 13 years after an unintended pause because the state could not obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections.
'As fragile as a child': South Carolina death row inmate's letters show haunted man
If it moves forward, it will be the state's first execution in 13 years and the 14th execution in the nation this year. It's also the first of five executions the United States is carrying out in a six-day period between Sept.
COVERAGE: Execution of South Carolina killer Freddie Owens
Attorneys file emergency motion before inmate’s execution FridayFreddie OwensFreddie Owens, 46, is scheduled to be executed on Friday, September 20. He is expected to be the first death row inmate executed in South Carolina in more than 13 years.
South Carolina justices refuse to stop state’s first execution in 13 years
The South Carolina Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stop the execution of Freddie Owens who is set to die by lethal injection next week in the state’s first execution in 13 years.
South Carolina Supreme Court rejects claim inmate didn’t kill clerk and refuses to stop execution
The South Carolina Supreme Court has again refused to stop the execution of inmate Freddie Owens, who is set to die Friday by lethal injection.
South Carolina Death Row Inmate Asks Governor for Clemency
A South Carolina inmate scheduled to be executed Friday is asking Gov. Henry McMaster to spare his life, something no governor in the state has done since the death penalty was restarted nearly 50 years ago.
South Carolina Supreme Court rejects death row inmate’s appeals
South Carolina’s highest court struck down appeals from death row inmate Freddie Owens, who argued that Greenville prosecutors had cut a secret deal with a witness.
Attorneys file emergency effort to stop South Carolina execution
A South Carolina inmate scheduled to be executed Friday is asking Gov. Henry McMaster to spare his life. Chances aren't strong for that to happen.
A death row inmate's letters: Read vulnerable, angry thoughts written by Freddie Owens
At times, Freddie Eugene Owens' letters are incredibly vulnerable as he says he's "also human." At others they threaten ...
South Carolina Supreme Court rejects claim inmate didn't kill clerk and refuses to stop execution
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Just days before inmate Freddie Owens is set to die by lethal injection in South Carolina, the friend ...
S.C. high court rules Freddie Owens' execution can proceed despite new affidavit
South Carolina death row inmate Freddie Owens will die as scheduled on Friday despite the introduction of an affidavit by his ...
Freddie Owens's execution is scheduled for Friday, his co-defendant now says he's innocent
Stephen Golden, the man prosecutors said robbed the convenience store with Owens, says he was not the person who killed Irene ...
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Freddie Owens' lawyers maintaining his innocence despite denied appeal to SC Supreme Court
WYFF NEWS FOUR TONIGHT, WITH LESS THAN 24 HOURS UNTIL A MAN IS SET TO BE EXECUTED, THIS WILL BE, OR WOULD BE THE FIRST ...
Freddie Owens’ execution will be SC’s first in 13 years. How will it be carried out?
Freddie Owens is scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. on Friday, when he will be brought into South Carolina’s death chamber ...
Hours before Freddie Owens' execution, friend who testified against him says he lied: "Freddie was not there"
Hours before inmate Freddie Owens is set to die by lethal injection in South Carolina, the friend whose testimony helped send Owens to prison is saying he lied to save himself.
South Carolina set for first execution in 13 years after delay over lethal injection drugs
The state of South Carolina is set to execute an inmate on Friday, the first execution in 13 years in the state after a ...
Key witness recants testimony against Freddie Owens, who is scheduled to be executed Friday
An eyewitness to the killing of gas station clerk Irene Graves, a mother of three, now says Freddie Owens was not there ...