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.
Five Death Row Inmates Live Out Final Hours as Executions Loom Around US
Five death row inmates in the U.S. are expected to be executed in the coming days, potentially bringing the total for the year to 18. The upcoming executions are scheduled for Friday, Tuesday and Thursday in South Carolina, Texas, Missouri, Alabama and Oklahoma.
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"
Bizarre reason why death row inmate's final meal request caused ban across whole US state
State Senator John Whitmire said Brewer was trying to 'make a mockery' of the system with his ridiculous final meal order. "He never gave his victim an opportunity for a last meal," added Senator Whitmire, who instigated the ban.
The reasons why executions, death row delays continue in Tennessee two years later
Strada came to Tennessee in January 2023 from Arizona, where he left behind a broken executions process. Another cause for the state's execution delay is Tennessee's ongoing difficulty finding the drugs used in a lethal injection.
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 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.
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 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.
South Carolina Executes First Death Row Inmate In 13 Years
A man convicted of a 1997 murder died by lethal injection Friday in the southeastern US state of South Carolina, the state's first death row inmate executed in 13 years.
South Carolina puts first inmate to death in 13 years after unintended pause in executions
South Carolina inmate Freddie Owens has been put to death after an unintended 13-year pause on executions in the state.
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Taiwan retains death penalty but limits use to 'exceptional' cases
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Mississippi high court rejects the latest appeal by a man on death row since 1994
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court has denied the latest appeal by a man who has been on death row for 30 ...
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A Missouri death row inmate set to be executed in less than a week asks the US Supreme Court to halt his execution
A death row inmate in Missouri who has long claimed his innocence and is scheduled to be executed in less than one week asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday for a stay of execution ...
California death row inmate who received Oprah support loses effort to overturn conviction
Jarvis Jay Masters, who gained national attention after Oprah Winfrey selected his autobiography for her influential book ...
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A Missouri death row inmate set to be executed in less than a week asks the US Supreme Court to halt his execution
(CNN) — A death row inmate in Missouri who has long claimed his innocence and is scheduled to be executed in less than one week asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday for a stay of execution, ...