South Carolina executes 1st death row inmate in 13 years
South Carolina death row inmate dies by state’s first lethal injection in 13 years
South Carolina is set on Friday to execute Freddie Owens, who would become the first death row inmate to die at the hands of the state in 13 years, for killing a convenience store clerk during a 1997 robbery.
These five death row inmates are next in line for execution in South Carolina
The state Supreme Court set the order in which the men would be executed with the earliest for a Spartanburg man in October and into March for others
Last meal of death row inmate revealed after South Carolina’s first execution in 13 years
South Carolina executes first death row inmate in 13 years - Khalil Divine Black Sun Allah, previously known as Freddie Owens, died by lethal injection at the Broad River Correctional Institution in C
Doubts about guilt swirl around South Carolina death row inmate day before execution
At times, Freddie Eugene Owens' letters are incredibly vulnerable as he says he's "also human." At others they threaten violence and say "betrayers will be slayed"
South Carolina death row inmate Freddie Owens executed by lethal injection
South Carolina put inmate Freddie Owens to death Friday as the state restarted executions after an unintended 13-year pause.
What is next for S.C. death row after Freddie Owens’ execution?
After South Carolina executed its first inmate in more than a decade, many are wondering what is next for the other men on death row.
Death row inmate's innocence plea rejected as South Carolina Supreme Court refuses to stop execution
Freddie Owens' execution is set for Friday at 6pm at a Columbia prison for the killing of a Greenville convenience store clerk in 1997 after the SC Supreme Court refused to stop it
South Carolina Could Execute a Death Row Inmate Every 35 Days as Death Penalty Resumes
The South Carolina Department of Corrections could potentially execute one death row inmate every 35 days — or every five weeks — as the state resumes executions on Sept. 20 after a 13-year pause in carrying out the death penalty.
South Carolina death row inmate asks governor for clemency
In South Carolina, the governor has the lone ability to grant clemency and reduce a death sentence to life in prison. However, no governor has done that in the state’s 43 executions since the death penalty was restarted in the U.S. in 1976.
South Carolina man on death row pushes for clemency in final hours
A South Carolina man, Freddy Owens, 46, is asking the Supreme Court to halt his execution after a witness admitted to falsely accusing him. Owens was sentenced to death for the 1997 murder of convenience store clerk Irene Graves in Greenville.
South Carolina inmate dies by lethal injection in state's first execution in 13 years
South Carolina executed inmate Freddie Owens after a 13-year pause. Owens was convicted of a 1997 killing, signaling the state's return to executions using pentobarbital.
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South Carolina Supreme Court ruling lists order six death row inmates will be executed
Three Upstate men on South Carolina's death row now know the order in which the state will put them to death. The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Friday on a petition filed by the men ...
Death row inmate who wrote disturbing letters to woman he loved had huge final meal before dying
Freddie Eugene Owens decided to go big with his last meal before he was executed yesterday (20 September). The death row ...
Live updates: Mother of SC death row inmate Freddie Owens pleads for son's life as appeals fail
Greenville SC's Freddie Eugene Owens is set to be executed by lethal injection tonight. He was sentenced to be executed for ...
5 Executions Mark Biggest Week of Capital Punishment in the U.S. in Decades
The unusually high number of executions defies a yearslong trend of decline in both the use and support of the death penalty ...