Freddie Owens becomes the first person executed in South Carolina since 2011
A last-minute appeal and request for clemency were denied for the Greenville man convicted of killing convenience store clerk ...
South Carolina executes first inmate in 13 years
South Carolina has executed its first death row inmate in 13 years, administering a lethal injection to Freddie Owens. Owens, ...
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Freddie Owens executed in South Carolina's first execution in 13 years
On Friday afternoon, South Carolina executed its first inmate in over a decade, Freddie Owens, for the murder of Greenville gas station clerk Irene Graves. According to the South Carolina Department ...
South Carolina executes first death row inmate in 13 years
Khalil Divine Black Sun Allah, previously known as Freddie Owens, died by lethal injection at the Broad River Correctional ...
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 ...
South Carolina restarts executions after 13 years
Jesse Motte, right, protests the planned execution of Freddie Eugene Owens, 46, on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Columbia, S.C.
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South Carolina inmate dies by lethal injection in state’s first execution in 13 years
South Carolina law allows condemned inmates to choose lethal injection, the new firing squad or the electric chair built in ...
Activists embrace, pray at SC Department of Corrections as Freddie Owens is executed
The night before Owens’ execution, dozens attended a vigil held in remembrance of Owens. The vigil also recognized Irene Graves, Christopher Lee and their families. Owens was accused of shooting and ...
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‘She was dressed:’ Deputy recounts the morning he told 2 kids their mom died
Irene Graves was a single mother working at the Old Speedway on Laurens Road when Freddie Owens shot and killed her. Her two children, aged 10 and 11, were home asleep. On the morning of November ...
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After 27 years, execution nears for Greenville's notorious killer Freddie Owens
Friends of Irene Graves said after her death she was a dedicated, single mom who worked three different jobs to provide for her kids. Irene's two youngest children at the time, 11-year-old Jeremy ...
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Daughter of murder victim talks about mom ahead of inmate’s execution
Irene Graves was 41 years old, a single mom of three kids and working three jobs at the time of her death. Her oldest child was off to college, while the two youngest children were 10 and 11.