South Carolina, death row
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Bailey: South Carolina, sadly, becomes a national leader in death penalty
Columnist Steve Bailey writes that if Gov. Henry McMaster believes Freddie Owens' execution is “justice,” then he should have administered the lethal injection.
Who's next? The state could execute another death row inmate in five weeks
The State Department of Corrections could carry out another execution as early as late october after south carolina’s first death sentence in 13 years last frid
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
Last meal of death row inmate revealed after South Carolina’s first execution in 13 years - Khalil Divine Black Sun Allah, previously known as Freddie Owens, died by lethal injection at the Broad Rive
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.
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"
Freddie Owen's Final Words Before South Carolina Execution
Freddie Owens was put to death by lethal injection at Broad River Correctional Institution in South Carolina shortly before 7 p.m. on Friday.
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 executes man days after witness admits to lying on stand
Freddie Owens was executed in South Carolina days after a key prosecution witness said he had lied on the stand decades earlier.
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.
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 ...
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South Carolina scheduled to execute Freddie Owens by lethal injection; how the drug works
In South Carolina, the governor has sole authority to grant clemency. However, no South Carolina governor has granted ...
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The oldest is 80. One killed his 5 children. Here’s a look at the 32 men on SC’s death row
ERIC SEALS (File/The State) In less than 10 days, South Carolina’s execution chamber will reopen for the first time in ...
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 ...
Lawyers Seek Supreme Court Intervention Hours Before a Missouri Inmate's Planned Execution
Lawyers for a Missouri man have filed a late appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court alleging there were racial bias and ...