South Carolina executes first inmate in 13 years
Freddie Owens, convicted of murdering shop worker Irene Graves in 1999, dies by lethal injection.
South Carolina executes Freddie Owens despite questions over guilt, mother's plea
His execution began at 6:35 p.m. ET and he was pronounced dead 20 minutes later at 6:55 p.m. A South Carolina jury found Owens guilty of murdering Irene Grainger Graves, 41, a single mother of three whose son described her as a hard-working and fun mom in an interview with USA TODAY this week.
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
Freddie Owens becomes the first person executed in South Carolina since 2011
A last-minute appeal and request for clemency were denied for the Greenville man convicted of killing convenience store clerk Irene Graves in 1997
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Live: Freddie Owens executed. First execution in South Carolina since 2011
The Greenville News will be providing live coverage from Columbia today leading up to the execution of Freddie Owens.
S.C. inmate dies 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
South Carolina inmate dies by lethal injection in state’s first execution in 13 years
South Carolina law allows condemned inmates to choose lethal injection, the new firing squad or the electric chair built in 1912. Owens allowed his lawyer to choose how he died, saying he felt if he made the choice he would be a party to his own death and his religious beliefs denounce suicide.
South Carolina executes first inmate in 13 years. Freddie Owens dies by lethal injection
Last minutes appeals, recanted testimony, allegations of prosecutorial misconduct, questions over the lethal injection fail to stop South Carolina’s first execution in more than a decade.
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.
South Carolina death row inmate dies by state's first lethal injection in 13 years
South Carolina death row inmate Freddie Owens died by lethal injection on Friday during the state's first execution in 13 years.
South Carolina executes first death row inmate in 13 years
Khalil Divine Black Sun Allah, previously known as Freddie Owens, died by lethal injection at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia
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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 ...