South Carolina prepares for 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
Hours before execution, another court denies death row inmate’s request
Freddie Owens is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection at 6 p.m. on Friday, despite a codefendant's new claim of his innocence.
South Carolina prepares for first execution in 13 years after securing drugs
South Carolina inmate Freddie Eugene Owens is set to undergo the state’s first execution in 13 years, about a year after the state obtained the necessary drugs to carry out a lethal injection.
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 Scheduled To Execute Man Who Key Witness Says Is Innocent
South Carolina is scheduled to execute a death row inmate after a key witness recently said he lied during trial.
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
Gov. Henry McMaster orders flags be flown at half-staff Friday for National POW/MIA Recognition Day
Governor Henry McMaster (R) has ordered that flags be flown at half-staff Friday at all state buildings, grounds, and ...
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State lawmaker Deon Tedder asks South Carolina governor to delay execution of Freddie Owens citing ‘new information’
State Sen. Deon Tedder (D-Charleston) is urging South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) to delay the execution of Freddie ...
Hours Before S.C. Man Is Set to Be Executed for Murder Conviction, Key Witness Says He Lied
Attorneys for Freddie Owens have disputed his conviction in the 1997 Halloween night killing of store clerk Irene Graves, ...
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Gov. McMaster wants S.C. Supreme Court to reconsider ruling on scholarship act
Gov. Henry McMaster is disheartened by the S.C. Supreme Court’s ruling on the Education Scholarship Trust Fund Act. The ...
Activists deliver petition asking Gov. McMaster to grant clemency to Freddie Owens
Freddie Owens is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Friday. Petition includes more than 10,000 signatures; a ...
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Gov. Henry McMaster makes two disaster declaration requests following Tropical Storm Debby
Governor Henry McMaster requested Monday a Presidential Disaster Declaration and a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) ...
McMaster has the power to commute death row inmate sentence. Will the SC governor use it?
The state is scheduled to execute Freddie Owens on Sept. 20, which will be South Carolina’s first execution carried out since ...
McMaster should spare Owens from the death penalty; here's why
Letter writer urges Gov. Henry McMaster to spare the life of inmate Freddie Owens, whose execution is schedule on Sept. 20.
Governor McMaster to attend groundbreaking for new psychiatric facility
Governor Henry McMaster is set to attend a groundbreaking for a new psychiatric facility on Monday.The groundbreaking will ...
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Anti-death penalty group calls for justice ahead of Freddie Owens' execution
Hours before Freddie Owens is set to be executed by the state of South Carolina, anti-death penalty advocates are urgently ...