South Carolina inmate utters just one final word before dying by lethal injection in state’s first execution in 13 years
South Carolina put inmate Freddie Owens to death Friday as the state restarted executions after an unintended 13-year pause because prison officials couldn’t get the drugs needed for lethal
South Carolina executes first inmate in 13 years
South Carolina has executed its first death row inmate in 13 years, administering a lethal injection to Freddie Owens. Owens, 46, was found guilty by a jury of killing shop worker Irene Graves during an armed robbery in Greenville in 1997.
South Carolina inmate dies by lethal injection in state’s first execution in 13 years
South Carolina law allows condemned inmates to choose lethal injection, the new firing squad or the electric chair built in 1912. Owens allowed his lawyer to choose how he died, saying he felt if he made the choice he would be a party to his own death and his religious beliefs denounce suicide.
Freddie Owens executed in South Carolina's first execution in 13 years
On Friday afternoon, South Carolina executed its first inmate in over a decade, Freddie Owens, for the murder of Greenville gas station clerk Irene Graves. According to the South Carolina Department of Corrections, Owens began receiving drugs through his IV around 6:35 p.m. Friday night and was pronounced dead twenty minutes later at 6:55 p.m.
Freddie Owens becomes the first person executed in South Carolina since 2011
A last-minute appeal and request for clemency were denied for the Greenville man convicted of killing convenience store clerk Irene Graves in 1997
South Carolina death row inmate dies by state’s first lethal injection in 13 years
South Carolina death row inmate Freddie Owens died by lethal injection on Friday during the state’s first execution in 13 years.Owens, 46, was sentenced<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More
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 Columbia
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Live: Freddie Owens executed. First execution in South Carolina since 2011
The Greenville News will be providing live coverage from Columbia today leading up to the execution of Freddie Owens.
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With only minutes left, Freddie Owens’ attorneys file appeal for emergency stay of execution
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South Carolina restarts executions after 13 years
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Murder victim's daughter weighs in hours before execution of convicted killer
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Execution in chaos after key witness makes bombshell confession just hours before man's scheduled lethal injection
A man submitted a sworn statement claiming Freddie Owens is innocent just days before his South Carolina execution date ...
Retired sheriff remembers 1997 murder of Irene Graves
Retired Greenville County Sheriff Johnny Mack Brown talks about what he remembers from 1997 murder case ahead of inmate Freddie Owens execution.