South Carolina, Freddie Owens
South Carolina to conduct its first execution in 13 years
A man is set to be executed in South Carolina for the first time in more than a decade. Freddie Eugene Owens, 46, will die by lethal injection around 6 p.m. Friday. The only thing that can stop his execution is a call from Governor Henry McMaster.
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 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 prepares for its first execution in 13 years
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.
South Carolina to execute Freddie Owens despite questions over guilt. What to know
Owens is set to be executed by lethal injection in the state's first execution in 13 years. This despite a key witness who testified against Owens now proclaiming his innocence.
From birth to his slated execution in SC, Freddie Owens’ life was riddled with violence
A man slated to be the first person executed by South Carolina in 13 years has lived a very troubled past, experts say.
Co-defendant claims SC inmate Freddie Owens is innocent on eve of execution
On the eve of Freddie Owens' execution, a co-defendant from the 1997 deadly robbery has claimed that the condemned man is innocent.
Doubts about guilt swirl around South Carolina death row inmate day before execution
Freddie Owens' execution appears to be moving forward despite a sworn statement from the man who testified against him that Owens wasn't even at the crime scene.
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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 ...
Small town South Carolina officer wounded in shooting during traffic stop
State police in South Carolina say they found a man who shot and wounded a small town police officer during a traffic stop ...
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21 teens in South Carolina charged in connection with making school threats
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) is charging multiple teens in connection with making school threats around ...
Body found by officers who were responding to a shooting, South Carolina coroner says
An Aiken Department of Public Safety officer was responding to a report about a shooting on Columbia Avenue Northeast when a ...
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Week 3 'College GameDay' schedule at South Carolina from Darius Rucker to Dawn Staley
COLUMBIA — For the first time in 10 years, ESPN's "College GameDay" will be live from Columbia, ahead of South ...
Why is liquor liability insurance causing South Carolina bars and restaurants to close?
Restaurants and bars are closing across South Carolina. Many owners and experts have cited liquor liability insurance as one ...
South Carolina set to carry out its first execution in 13 years after securing medication needed for lethal injection
South Carolina is set on Friday to execute Freddie Owens, who would become the first death row inmate to die at the hands of ...
SC man set for execution Friday is innocent, says witness who helped convict him
A South Carolina man scheduled to be executed on Friday was never at the crime scene, according to a key witness, who said he ...