Golden said he cast Owens’s name as the murderer because he feared for his life. “In that statement, I substituted Freddie for the person who was really with me in the Speedway that night.

Freddie Eugene Owens was executed by the State of South Carolina on September 20, despite lingering doubts about his guilt and a confession from co-defendant Steven Golden, who said Owens was not ...

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' lawyers on Wednesday filed a sworn statement from the friend and co-defendant, Steven Golden, late Wednesday to try to stop South Carolina from carrying out the execution.

“Freddie Owens is not the person who shot Irene Graves at the Speedway on November 1, 1997,” Golden told the South Carolina Supreme Court. “Freddie was not present when I robbed the Speedway ...

Steven Golden, the man prosecutors said robbed the convenience store with Owens, says he was not the person who killed Irene Graves on Halloween 1997 Freddie Owens' execution is scheduled for ...

Freddie Owens, 46, ... 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.

But Owens’ lawyers on Wednesday filed a sworn statement from his co-defendant Steven Golden late Wednesday to try to stop South Carolina from carrying out its first execution in more than a decade.

Two days before the first execution in South Carolina in more than a decade, a key witness in the case against the condemned man has recanted his testimony. In 1999, Steven Golden told a ...

With the recent statements by Steven Golden, Owens' defense attorneys once again asked the S.C. Supreme Court to pause the SC execution set for Sept 20, but the request was denied.

Freddie Owens is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection at 6 p.m. on Friday, ... Steven Golden, who was also part of the robbery, signed an affidavit on Thursday saying, ...