S.C. executes inmate for 1997 murder
Owens was convicted of the 1997 killing of a Greenville convenience store clerk during a robbery. While on trial, Owens ...
South Carolina executes Freddie Owens; first state inmate to die in 13 years
Officials in South Carolina have executed Freddie Owens, convicted in the 1997 murder of a convenience store clerk, marking ...
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 ...
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Freddie Owens' 'final meal' details revealed before execution in South Carolina
Freddie Owens was pronounced dead at 6:55 p.m. at the Broad River Correctional Institution near Columbia, the state's capital ...
McMaster should spare Owens from the death penalty; here's why
Letter writer urges Gov. Henry McMaster to spare the life of inmate Freddie Owens, whose execution is schedule on Sept. 20.
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South Carolina Supreme Court denies requests to delay Freddie Owens' execution
Civil rights leaders are asking Gov. Henry McMaster to grant clemency to Freddie Owens, a Greenville man scheduled to die ...
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Gov. McMaster wants S.C. Supreme Court to reconsider ruling on scholarship act
Gov. Henry McMaster is disheartened by the S.C. Supreme Court’s ruling on the Education Scholarship Trust Fund Act. The ...
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 ...
Gov. Henry McMaster announces retirement of SCDHHS director Robert Kerr
Governor Henry McMaster announced on Monday South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) director Robert ...
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Gov. Henry McMaster makes two disaster declaration requests following Tropical Storm Debby
Governor Henry McMaster requested Monday a Presidential Disaster Declaration and a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) ...
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 ...