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South Carolina death row inmate Freddie Owens executed by lethal injection
South Carolina put inmate Freddie Owens to death Friday as the state restarted executions after an unintended 13-year pause.
South Carolina death row inmate dies by state’s first lethal injection in 13 years
South Carolina is set on Friday to execute Freddie Owens, who would become the first death row inmate to die at the hands of the state in 13 years, for killing a convenience store clerk during a 1997 robbery.
These five death row inmates are next in line for execution in South Carolina
The state Supreme Court set the order in which the men would be executed with the earliest for a Spartanburg man in October and into March for others
South Carolina death row inmate's cold final comment before being executed
Freddie Owens was put to death by lethal injection on Friday after he was convicted of the 1997 killing of a Greenville convenience store clerk during a robbery
South Carolina inmate dies by lethal injection, ending state's 13-year pause on executions
A death sentence for a South Carolina inmate was carried out on Friday following a 13-year pause on executions in the state, officials said.
South Carolina Supreme Court ruling lists order six death row inmates will be executed
The ruling was in response to a petition from the prisoners, all who have no appeals remaining, asking for set intervals between executions
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.
South Carolina restarts executions after 13 years
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 needed for lethal injections.
South Carolina inmate dies by lethal injection in state's first execution in 13 years
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 needed for lethal injections.
Final meal of SC inmate put to death in state’s first execution in 13 years revealed
He had a killer final meal. A South Carolina inmate who died by lethal injection Friday chowed down on a hearty multi-course meal before the Palmetto State carried out its first execution in 13 years.
South Carolina executes first inmate in 13 years
South Carolina has carried out its first execution in 13 years, administering a lethal injection to 46-year-old Freddie Owens, who was convicted of murder in 1999. Owens was sentenced to death for killing shop worker Irene Graves during an armed robbery in Greenville in 1997.
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5 executions have happened over a week’s span in the US
Experts say five executions being scheduled within one week is simply an anomaly that resulted from courts or elected ...
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There are 5 executions set over a week's span in the US. That's the most in decades
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Death row inmates in five states are scheduled to be put to death in the span of one week, an unusually ...
Bailey: South Carolina, sadly, becomes a national leader in death penalty
Columnist Steve Bailey writes that if Gov. Henry McMaster believes Freddie Owens' execution is “justice,” then he should have ...
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Catholic Death Penalty Abolition Group Condemns ‘Regressive’ Spate of Executions
Catholic Mobilizing Network, a group that advocates for the abolition of capital punishment in line with Catholic teaching, urged its supporters to speak out against what it called a "regressive" ...