When it comes to abolishing the death penalty in the U.S., a small but determined band of activists and policymakers are ...

South Carolina put inmate Freddie Owens to death Friday as the state restarted executions after an unintended 13-year pause.

Owens was convicted of the 1997 killing of a Greenville convenience store clerk during a robbery. While on trial, Owens ...

Khalil Divine Black Sun Allah, previously known as Freddie Owens, died by lethal injection at the Broad River Correctional ...

Lawyers for the first South Carolina inmate set to be executed in a 13 years ask federal court to halt execution over ...

A ceremony will cap a history marked by legal tussles, a secret training, resignations, a deal with a serial killer and raw ...

I’m coming forward now because I know Freddie’s execution date is September 20 and I don’t want Freddie to be executed for ...

After arriving on death row, Mullis wavered for months, and then years, over whether to go forward with his appeals. He ...

The claims are the the latest among many as a deadline approaches US federal court in Baltimore in litigation over the March ...

South Carolina is set to execute Freddie Eugene Owens, marking its first execution in 13 years. Owens was convicted of ...

On Tuesday, a federal court judge allowed Gov. Henry McMaster, a supporter of the death penalty, to become a party to Owens’ case. While South Carolina’s Supreme Court agreed with the state ...