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South Carolina executes Freddie Owens

USA TODAY on MSN · 19m

South Carolina executes Freddie Owens despite questions over guilt, mother's plea

His execution began at 6:35 p.m. ET and he was pronounced dead 20 minutes later at 6:55 p.m. A South Carolina jury found Owens guilty of murdering Irene Grainger Graves, 41, a single mother of three whose son described her as a hard-working and fun mom in an interview with USA TODAY this week.

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.

Charlotte Observer · 3h

South Carolina executes first inmate in 13 years. Freddie Owens dies by lethal injection

Last minutes appeals, recanted testimony, allegations of prosecutorial misconduct, questions over the lethal injection fail to stop South Carolina’s first execution in more than a decade.

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'I gotta see him go': Son of murdered South Carolina woman to attend execution

Irene Grainger Graves was 41 when she was killed on Halloween night robbery in 1997. Today her son Arte remembers her as a ...

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South Carolina man on death row pushes for clemency in final hours

A South Carolina man, Freddy Owens, 46, is asking the Supreme Court to halt his execution after a witness admitted to falsely ...

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Man Says He Lied When He Testified Against Inmate Who Is Set to Be Executed

Just days before inmate Freddie Owens is set to die by lethal injection in South Carolina, the friend whose testimony helped ...

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Hours Before S.C. Man Is Set to Be Executed for Murder Conviction, Key Witness Says He Lied

Freddie Owens, who was convicted of murder in 1997, has long maintained his innocence South Carolina Department of ...

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