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 Greenville County killer Freddie Owens, the first inmate to be put to death by the state in 13 years.Owens, 46, died by lethal injection on Friday, September 20 - nearly three decades after the murder of convenience store clerk Irene Graves.
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.
South Carolina executes Freddie Owens despite questions over guilt, mother's plea
South Carolina executed Freddie Eugene Owens by lethal injections as questions over his guilt arose over the last couple of days.
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
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.
South Carolina restarts executions after 13 years
Jesse Motte, right, protests the planned execution of Freddie Eugene Owens, 46, on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. Owens is set to be the first person to be executed in South Carolina in 13 years.
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Freddie Owens executed; activists embraced, prayed at Department of Corrections
The Greenville News will be providing live coverage from Columbia today leading up to the execution of Freddie Owens.
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.
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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S.C. executes inmate for 1997 murder
Owens was convicted of the 1997 killing of a Greenville convenience store clerk during a robbery. While on trial, Owens ...
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‘She was dressed:’ Deputy recounts the morning he told 2 kids their mom died
Irene Graves was a single mother working at the Old Speedway on Laurens Road when Freddie Owens shot and killed her. Her two children, aged 10 and 11, were home asleep. On the morning of November ...
Murder victim's daughter weighs in hours before execution of convicted killer
South Carolina will carry out its first execution in a decade. Convicted killer Freddie Owens will die by lethal injection ...
Diocese holds vigil, protesters gather as Freddie Owens heads to SC death chamber
Sister Pam Smith of the Charleston Diocese — who also sits on the board of South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death ...
Daughter of Irene Graves speaks on when she found out her mother had died
The daughter of a woman who was killed in 1997 is speaking out for the first time as the man responsible for her death ...
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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 ...
SC Supreme Court: Execution won’t be delayed despite new innocence claim
A codefendant of Freddie Owens in the deadly 1997 Greenville County robbery has signed an affidavit with new information.
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.