South Carolina inmate Freddie Eugene Owens is set to undergo the state’s first execution in 13 years, about a year after the state obtained the necessary drugs to carry out a 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.

Attorneys for Freddie Owens have disputed his conviction in the 1997 Halloween night killing of store clerk Irene Graves, claiming prosecutors have not presented any scientific evidence tying to Owens to the crime, according to CBS News, The Associated Press, and The Greenville News .

A man submitted a sworn statement claiming Freddie Owens is innocent just days before his South Carolina execution date

Execution won’t be delayed despite new innocence claimFreddie OwensFreddie Owens, 46, is scheduled to be executed on Friday, September 20. He is expected to be the first death row inmate executed in South Carolina in more than 13 years.

Owens is set to be executed by lethal injection in the state's first execution in 13 years. This despite a key witness who testified against Owens now proclaiming his innocence.

Just days before inmate Freddie Owens is set to die by lethal injection in South Carolina, the friend whose testimony helped send Owens to prison is saying he lied to save himself from the death chamb

Just days before inmate Freddie Owens is set to die by lethal injection in South Carolina, the friend whose testimony helped send Owens to prison is saying he lied to save himself from the death chamber.