South Carolina death row inmate asks governor for clemency
Sep 18, 2024 · COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina inmate scheduled to be executed Friday is asking Gov. Henry McMaster to spare his life, something no governor in the state has done since the death penalty was restarted nearly 50 years ago. Freddie Eugene Owens, 46, is set to be the first person to be executed in South Carolina in 13 years.
Freddie Eugene Owens: South Carolina death row inmate dies by …
Sep 21, 2024 · South Carolina’s Supreme Court declined on Thursday to halt his execution and Gov. Henry McMaster chose not to grant Owens the requested clemency.
McMaster to decide fate of South Carolina's 1st execution in 13 …
Sep 19, 2024 · Court records refer to him as Freddie Owens. Friday's execution will end a years-long fight by advocates to stop the death penalty in the state. And it opens the door to at least five more executions in South Carolina over the next few months and into next year.
Urgent calls for justice ahead of Freddie Owens' execution
Sep 20, 2024 · COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — Hours before Freddie Owens is set to be executed by the state of South Carolina, anti-death penalty advocates are urgently calling on Governor Henry McMaster to stop...
South Carolina executes Freddie Owens, first in 13 years
Sep 20, 2024 · The execution took place despite appeals from anti-death penalty advocates who urged Governor Henry McMaster to intervene. Owens, 46, died by lethal injection at approximately 6 p.m. on...
SC Supreme Court tosses requests to delay Freddie Owens …
Sep 13, 2024 · Civil rights leaders are asking Gov. Henry McMaster to grant clemency to Freddie Owens, a Greenville man scheduled to die by lethal injection on Sept. 20.
Lawyers for SC death row inmate ask federal court to stop …
Sep 18, 2024 · Freddie Eugene Owens, 46, was ordered to be executed on Sept. 20 after spending more than 20 years on death row. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster asked a federal court to allow him to...
Activists deliver petition asking Gov. McMaster to grant clemency
Sep 19, 2024 · COLUMBIA — Anti-death penalty activists delivered a petition with more than 10,000 signatures to Gov. Henry McMaster Thursday asking him to grant Freddie Owens clemency. McMaster has not given...
Federal, SC courts reject appeals clearing way for execution - The …
Sep 20, 2024 · While Owens’ attorneys have appealed the federal court’s rulings to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, few other legal options remain and hopes for clemency from Gov. Henry McMaster, a...
South Carolina inmate Freddie Owens dies by lethal injection – …
Sep 20, 2024 · 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...