South Carolina death row inmate's letters show haunted man
'As fragile as a child': South Carolina death row inmate's letters show haunted man
If it moves forward, it will be the state's first execution in 13 years and the 14th execution in the nation this year. It's also the first of five executions the United States is carrying out in a six-day period between Sept.
COVERAGE: Execution of South Carolina killer Freddie Owens
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 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.
Dozens have been executed in SC since 1976. Here’s how many have gotten off death row
In South Carolina, which on Friday will execute its first inmate since 2011, 43 convicted murderers have been executed by the state since the death penalty was reinstated here in 1976. Few death row inmates have been acquitted in that time, but a substantial number have still managed to get off death row.
Citizens petition SC Gov. to stop the execution of a death row inmate
On Thursday morning, concerned citizens will gather at the State House to deliver petitions urging Gov. Henry McMaster to seek an alternative prison sentence fo
South Carolina Could Execute a Death Row Inmate Every 35 Days as Death Penalty Resumes
The South Carolina Department of Corrections could potentially execute one death row inmate every 35 days — or every five weeks — as the state resumes executions on Sept. 20 after a 13-year pause in carrying out the death penalty.
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South Carolina is set for its first execution since 2011. Let’s revisit its worst. | Opinion
With South Carolina set to resume executions Friday for the first time since 2011, the cruel and unusual case of George Stinney is worth revisiting.
South Carolina justices refuse to stop state's first execution in 13 years
The South Carolina Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stop the execution of Freddie Owens who is set to die by lethal injection this week in the state's firs
South Carolina Supreme Court rejects death row inmate’s appeals
South Carolina’s highest court struck down appeals from death row inmate Freddie Owens, who argued that Greenville prosecutors had cut a secret deal with a witness.
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.
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 ...
The oldest is 80. One killed his 5 children. Here’s a look at the 32 men on SC’s death row
South Carolina is scheduled next week to execute its first inmate in 13 years. Here’s a look at the men on SC’s death row.
Death Row gun murderer gets grim three-way choice over how he would like to die
Freddie Owens, 46, was sentenced to die after murdering a store clerk in 1997 during a botched robbery in South Carolina - ...
From birth to his slated execution in SC, Freddie Owen’s 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.