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.
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Explainer: The death penalty in South Carolina
After a 13-year hiatus, the state of South Carolina is planning to resume executions this month amid an ongoing debate about the fairness, expense and effectiveness of capital punishment.
South Carolina inmate forced to choose how he’ll be put to death picks lethal injection — through his lawyer
Freddie Owens said in court papers that deciding the execution method would be taking an active role in his own death, and his Muslim faith teaches him that suicide is a sin.
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.
Inmate killed in SC prison, and his death is believed to be a homicide, officials say
The death happened in the same prison where seven inmates were killed and 17 others were injured in a violent attack in 2018.
Body found in South Carolina well prompts death investigation, coroner says
The body of a man found in a well has sparked a coroner's investigation in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.
Death-penalty opponents urge McMaster to grant clemency ahead of execution next week
But some are now urging the state’s highest leader to stop the execution of convicted murderer Freddie Owens from happening.
South Carolina Supreme Court denies requests to delay Freddie Owens' execution
The Greenville man convicted in 1999 of murder, armed robbery, and criminal conspiracy, is scheduled to die by lethal ...
SC governors may intervene in death penalty cases. Have any of them done so?
Six South Carolina governors stood as the last word on whether a death sentence should be carried out. Two Democrats. Four Republicans. Each said the courts had spoken. Follow the law. No clemency.
Victim's daughter shares thoughts on death penalty ahead of execution
46-year-old Freddie Owens was convicted of killing Irene Graves when she was 19. It's day three in the trial against the man accused of killing his estranged wife then spending years on the run.
McMaster, South Carolina should stop execution of Owens; here's why
Letter writer says if Gov. Henry McMaster and South Carolina really want to protect life, they should stop the scheduled ...
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 ...
Halt death penalty execution, civil rights groups asks Gov. McMaster with a week to go
The governor has authority to grant clemency, but it's a power that has not been exercised in SC since the U.S. resumed ...
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South Carolina inmate forced to choose how he’ll be put to death picks lethal injection — through his lawyer
South Carolina’s executions have been postponed ... can argue his co-defendant lied about having a deal to avoid the death penalty or a life sentence in exchange for testifying that Owens ...
As another U.S. state closes its execution chamber, Trump muses about expanding use of death penalty
Washington state is closing its death chamber this week, but South Carolina is scheduled to carry out its first execution ...