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S. Carolina carries out first execution in 13 years

COLUMBIA, SC (AP) – South Carolina has put inmate Freddie Owens to death in the state’s first execution in more than a decade. Friday’s execution came after an unintended 13-year pause on capital punishment in South Carolina that came about because prison officials couldn’t get the drugs needed for lethal injections.

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SC justices again refuse to stop Friday’s execution, despite new claims of innocence

The state Supreme Court refused Thursday to halt Freddie Owens’ execution over new claims by his convicted accomplice that he played no role in the fatal shooting that sent him to death row. Justices’ denial means Owens’ execution is still set for 6 p.

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SC inmate dies 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 injections.

NBC News · 3d

South Carolina could carry out its first execution in 13 years this evening

Freddie Owens has been on death row for the 1997 killing of a convenience store clerk. But now, in a new twist, a man who provided key testimony against Owens says he lied and Owens didn’t kill the clerk.

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 ...

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Inmate dies by lethal injection in SC’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 ...

Anti-death penalty advocates urge SC Gov. to stop execution after new details surface

One day before the first execution in this state in 13 years, the legal team for death row inmate freddie owens has filed a ...

Diocese holds vigil, protesters gather for Freddie Owens execution in SC

Sister Pam Smith of the Charleston Diocese — who also sits on the board of South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death ...

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 ...

As execution deadline looms, SC Supreme Court finds recanted witness testimony not reliable

At the eleventh hour, the key eyewitness in the case that sent Freddie Owens to death row recanted his testimony, saying that ...

The State on MSN5d

Dozens have been executed in SC since 1976. Here’s how many have gotten off death row

Death row inmate Freddie Owens received an execution notice on June 1. Via the South Carolina Department of Corrections ...

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GMC Friday Headlines: First SC execution in 13 years set for today & Lee Correctional riot inmate’s trial starts next week

Headlines: South Carolina’s first execution in 13 years is set to start today & Lee Correctional inmate Stephen Green’s trial for the deadly 2018 riot starts Monday Categories: ABC Columbia News Updat ...

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Activists hold anti-death penalty vigil in downtown Columbia

South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty has released a schedule of execution vigils across the state of South ...

SC Supreme Court rejects emergency motion filed to delay execution

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) — A last minute emergency motion was filed in an attempt to stop South Carolina’s first execution in 13 ...

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