Freddie Owens executed in South Carolina's first execution in 13 years
On Friday afternoon, South Carolina executed its first inmate in over a decade, Freddie Owens, for the murder of Greenville gas station clerk Irene Graves. According to the South Carolina Department of Corrections, Owens began receiving drugs through his IV around 6:35 p.m. Friday night and was pronounced dead twenty minutes later at 6:55 p.m.