South Carolina, Freddie Owens
South Carolina man on death row pushes for clemency in final hours
A South Carolina man, Freddy Owens, 46, is asking the Supreme Court to halt his execution after a witness admitted to falsely accusing him. Owens was sentenced to death for the 1997 murder of convenience store clerk Irene Graves in Greenville.
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 scheduled execution. Owens, 46, is set to die at 6 p.m. Friday, 25 years after he was convicted of killing gas station clerk Irene Graves during a string of robberies on
Doubts about guilt swirl around South Carolina death row inmate day before execution
Freddie Owens' execution appears to be moving forward despite a sworn statement from the man who testified against him that Owens wasn't even at the crime scene.
South Carolina prepares for 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
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 to execute Freddie Owens despite questions over guilt. What to know
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.
South Carolina death row inmate asks governor for clemency
In South Carolina, the governor has the lone ability to grant clemency and reduce a death sentence to life in prison. However, no governor has done that in the state’s 43 executions since the death penalty was restarted in the U.S. in 1976.
LOCAL HISTORY: The man executed before Freddie Owens
From birth to his slated execution in SC, Freddie Owens’ life was riddled with violence
A man slated to be the first person executed by South Carolina in 13 years has lived a very troubled past, experts say.
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 innocent.
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 ...
Live updates: Mother of SC death row inmate Freddie Owens pleads for son's life as appeals fail
Greenville SC's Freddie Eugene Owens is set to be executed by lethal injection tonight. He was sentenced to be executed for ...
Key witness who put Freddie Owens’ on death row now says he lied — but execution still going ahead
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 ...
A death row inmate's letters: Read vulnerable, angry thoughts written by Freddie Owens
At times, Freddie Eugene Owens' letters are incredibly vulnerable as he says he's "also human." At others they threaten ...
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The oldest is 80. One killed his 5 children. Here’s a look at the 32 men on SC’s death row
ERIC SEALS (File/The State) In less than 10 days, South Carolina’s execution chamber will reopen for the first time in ...
'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 ...