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.
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Attorneys file emergency motion before inmate’s execution FridayFreddie 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.
South Carolina prepares for first execution in 13 years
Owens was convicted of killing Irene Graves in 1999. But hanging over his case is another killing: After his conviction, but before he was sentenced in Graves’ killing, Owens fatally attacked a fellow jail inmate, Christopher Lee. Owens gave a detailed ...
'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 loving and fun mother.
South Carolina set for first execution in 13 years after delay over lethal injection drugs
The state of South Carolina is set to execute an inmate on Friday, the first execution in 13 years in the state after a lengthy delay over lethal injections drugs.
South Carolina to hold first execution in 13 years tomorrow
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South Carolina man says he lied when he testified against inmate scheduled for execution on Friday
The co-defendant of a man scheduled to die by lethal injection on Friday has reportedly filed a statement saying that he was pressured to name him as the suspect in order to avoid being executed by the state.
Attorneys file emergency effort to stop South Carolina execution
A South Carolina inmate scheduled to be executed Friday is asking Gov. Henry McMaster to spare his life. Chances aren't strong for that to happen.
SC man set for execution Friday is innocent, says witness who helped convict him
A South Carolina man scheduled to be executed on Friday was never at the crime scene, according to a key witness, who said he ...
'None of this makes sense:' Advocates hold vigil, protest ahead of Freddie Owens execution
While also remembering victims Irene Graves and Christopher Lee, vigil attendees continued to urge Gov. Henry McMaster to ...
Key witness recants testimony against Freddie Owens, who is scheduled to be executed Friday
An eyewitness to the killing of gas station clerk Irene Graves, a mother of three, now says Freddie Owens was not there ...
S.C. high court rules Freddie Owens' execution can proceed despite new affidavit
South Carolina death row inmate Freddie Owens will die as scheduled on Friday despite the introduction of an affidavit by his ...
SC Supreme Court denies death row inmate's latest attempt to stop execution
Attorneys for Owens had filed an emergency motion with South Carolina's high court to reconsider stopping his death based on ...
South Carolina Supreme Court rejects claim inmate didn't kill clerk and refuses to stop execution
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Just days before inmate Freddie Owens is set to die by lethal injection in South Carolina, the friend ...
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 ...
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Freddie Owens' lawyers maintaining his innocence despite denied appeal to SC Supreme Court
A CAUSE FOR A STAY OF EXECUTION. ACCORDING TO FREDDIE OWENS, LAWYER, GERALD KING. OWENS WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN THE 1997 ...
‘Freddie was actually not there’: Inmate set to be executed didn’t kill Upstate woman, codefendant now says
A codefendant of Freddie Owens in the deadly 1997 Greenville County robbery has signed an affidavit with new information.