Key witness who put Freddie Owens on death row admits he lied — but execution still happening
A key witness who helped put Freddie Owens on death row now says he lied to save his own life — coming forward just days ...
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Opinion | Death row: America’s blind eye toward Black innocents.
When someone’s eyes linger on the mutilated body of Emmett Till, “justice” is the last word anyone would think. Yet, it was ...
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Death row inmate Freddie Owens dines on American feast in final meal before execution
South Carolina death row inmate Freddie Owens enjoyed a feast of classic American food as his final meal before he was executed on Friday for a 1997 murder. Owens was pronounced dead at 6:55 p.m ...
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Richard Moore is set to be executed on Nov. 1; here's a timeline of key events in his case
Moore, 59, will be the second person executed in South Carolina this year. Freddie Owens was the first person executed in ...
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Co-defendant now says Freddie Owens did not kill store clerk. Court denies request to halt execution.
COLUMBIA — Death row inmate Freddie Owens' chances to live beyond 24 hours appear to be dwindling. The S.C. Supreme Court denied Owens' latest request to halt his execution, scheduled for Sept.
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South Carolina puts Richard Moore to death; protesters call for end to executions
Henry McMaster denied a request for clemency. Moore's was the second execution since Sept. 20, when Freddie Owens was put to ...
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Key witness recants testimony against Freddie Owens, who is scheduled to be executed Friday
In 1999, Steven Golden told a Greenville jury that he was robbing a Speedway gas station with Freddie Owens in the early morning hours of Nov. 1, 1997. When the clerk, Irene Graves, would not open the ...
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Hours Before S.C. Man Is Set to Be Executed for Murder Conviction, Key Witness Says He Lied
Now Golden has said he lied to the jury in 1999. “Freddie Owens is not the person who shot Irene Graves at the Speedway on November 1, 1997,” Golden wrote in the sworn statement filed to the ...
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South Carolina inmate dies by lethal injection in state’s first execution in 13 years
COLUMBIA, S.C. — 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 ...
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South Carolina executes first inmate in 13 years. Freddie Owens dies by lethal injection
Freddie Owens was executed by lethal injection Friday evening for the killing of a Greenville County mother of three, becoming the first first person executed in South Carolina in 13 years. Owens, 46, ...
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Freddie Owens’ execution will be South Carolina’s first in 13 years. How will it be carried out?
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Freddie Owens is scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. Eastern time on Friday, when he will be brought into South Carolina’s death chamber and given a lethal injection.