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South Carolina confirms execution of 1st inmate in 13 years

The Boston Globe · 6h

South Carolina inmate dies by lethal injection in state’s first execution in 13 years

Freddie Owens was convicted of the 1997 killing of a Greenville convenience store clerk during a robbery. While on trial, Owens killed an inmate at a county jail.

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.

New York Post on MSN · 5h

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

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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 ...

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Key witness who put Freddie Owens on death row admits he lied — but execution still happening

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 ...

12h

Prosecutors, Jurors, and the Victim’s Family Want His Execution Tossed. Will it Matter?

Prosecutors, jurors, and the victim’s family want Marcellus Williams’ execution tossed. He’s still set to be executed next ...

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Lawyers arguing Marcellus Williams case at Mo. Supreme Court one day before his execution

Williams is scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday evening for the brutal killing of former Post-Dispatch reporter ...

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'I gotta see him go': Son of murdered South Carolina woman to attend execution

Irene Grainger Graves was 41 when she was killed on Halloween night robbery in 1997. Today her son Arte remembers her as a ...

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Mother of SC death row inmate asks for clemency after court again denies request to stop execution

The mother of Freddie Owens urged Gov. Henry McMaster to spare her son’s life in a statement released hours ahead of his ...

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