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. at the Broad River Correctional Institution near Columbia,

South Carolina put inmate Freddie Owens to death Friday as the state restarted executions after an unintended 13-year pause.

At times, Freddie Eugene Owens' letters are incredibly vulnerable as he says he's "also human." At others they threaten violence and say "betrayers will be slayed."

A key witness who helped put Freddie Owens on death row now says he lied to save his own life — coming forward just days before Owens’ execution, which is still set for Friday. Steven Golden — Owens’ one-time friend and co-defendant — filed a sworn statement Wednesday saying he lied during his testimony and that Owens wasn’t with him at a South Carolina convenience store in 1997 when Irene Graves was killed in a botched robbery.