South Carolina prepares for first execution in 13 years
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is set to execute its first inmate in 13 years after an unintended pause because the state could not obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections.
South Carolina set to execute first inmate in 13 years
Freddie Owens may be the first of several inmates to die in the state's death chamber at Broad River Correctional Institution.
McMaster has the power to commute death row inmate sentence. Will the SC governor use it?
The state is scheduled to execute Freddie Owens on Sept. 20, which will be South Carolina’s first execution carried out since 2011.
South Carolina prepares for its first execution in 13 years
South Carolina is set to execute its first inmate in 13 years after an unintended pause because the state could not obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections.
Doubts about guilt swirl around South Carolina death row inmate day before execution
Freddie Owens' execution appears to be moving forward despite a sworn statement from the man who testified against him that Owens wasn't even at the crime scene.
South Carolina Supreme Court rejects claim inmate didn’t kill clerk and refuses to stop execution
The South Carolina Supreme Court has again refused to stop the execution of inmate Freddie Owens, who is set to die Friday by lethal injection.
South Carolina Death Row Inmate Asks Governor for Clemency
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.
Death row inmate's innocence plea rejected as South Carolina Supreme Court refuses to stop execution
Freddie Owens' execution is set for Friday at 6pm at a Columbia prison for the killing of a Greenville convenience store clerk in 1997 after the SC Supreme Court refused to stop it
South Carolina Supreme Court rejects death row inmate’s appeals
South Carolina’s highest court struck down appeals from death row inmate Freddie Owens, who argued that Greenville prosecutors had cut a secret deal with a witness.
Gov. Henry McMaster orders flags be flown at half-staff Friday for National POW/MIA Recognition Day
Governor Henry McMaster (R) has ordered that flags be flown at half-staff Friday at all state buildings, grounds, and ...
Urgent calls for justice ahead of Freddie Owens' execution
Hours before Freddie Owens is set to be executed, anti-death penalty advocates are urgently calling on Governor Henry ...
Activists deliver petition asking Gov. McMaster to grant clemency to Freddie Owens
Freddie Owens is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Friday. Petition includes more than 10,000 signatures; a ...
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Gov. Henry McMaster announces retirement of SCDHHS director Robert Kerr
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Governor Henry McMaster announced on Monday South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) director Robert Kerr is set to retire from his position.
Governor McMaster to attend groundbreaking for new psychiatric facility
Governor Henry McMaster is set to attend a groundbreaking for a new psychiatric facility on Monday.The groundbreaking will ...
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McMaster has the power to commute death row inmate sentence. Will the SC governor use it?
SC Governor Henry McMaster has the power to commute Freddie Owens’ death sentence. But he won’t say whether he’ll do it until the execution. Tracy Glantz [email protected] COLUMBIA ...
As execution deadline looms, SC Supreme Court finds recanted witness testimony not reliable
At the eleventh hour, the key eyewitness in the case that sent Freddie Owens to death row recanted his testimony, saying that ...
Why are flags flying at half-staff in South Carolina?
Section 53-3-165 of the South Carolina Code of Laws designates the third Friday in September of each year as POW/MIA Recognition Day in South Carolina and provides that flags be flown at half-staff. S ...