South Carolina prepares for first execution in 13 years
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is set to execute its first inmate in 13 years after an unintended pause because the state could not obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections.
South Carolina set to carry out its first execution in 13 years after securing medication needed for lethal injection
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.
Urgent calls for justice ahead of Freddie Owens' execution
Hours before Freddie Owens is set to be executed, anti-death penalty advocates are urgently calling on Governor Henry McMaster to stop the execution.
Live: Freddie Owens set to be executed Friday; video and photos from Thursday's vigils
The Greenville News will be providing live coverage from Columbia today leading up to the execution of Freddie Owens.
South Carolina set to execute first inmate in 13 years
Freddie Owens may be the first of several inmates to die in the state's death chamber at Broad River Correctional Institution.
South Carolina prepares for its first execution in 13 years
South Carolina is set to execute its first inmate in 13 years after an unintended pause because the state could not obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections.
Activists deliver petition asking Gov. McMaster to grant clemency to Freddie Owens
Freddie Owens is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Friday. Petition includes more than 10,000 signatures; a protest, vigils, planned
Freddie Owens set to be executed in South Carolina Friday night
South Carolina is set to execute its first inmate in 13 years after an unintended pause because the state could not obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections.
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McMaster has the power to commute death row inmate sentence. Will the SC governor use it?
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McMaster should spare Owens from the death penalty; here's why
Letter writer urges Gov. Henry McMaster to spare the life of inmate Freddie Owens, whose execution is schedule on Sept. 20.
As execution deadline looms, SC Supreme Court finds recanted witness testimony not reliable
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