Posted on 09/21/2024 4:36:20 PM PDT by Morgana
A man who killed two people in cold blood uttered just one word before he was executed in a South Carolina prison on Friday - the state's first in 13 years.
Freddie Owens said 'bye' to his attorney and was then strapped into a gurney where he awaited the lethal injection that led to his ultimate demise.
Owens remained conscious for a minute before his eyes closed, his breaths shortened and his face twitched for five minutes before he died.
The 46-year-old killed convenience store clerk Irene Graves during a botched robbery in Greenville in 1997.
During his trial, he murdered fellow inmate Christopher Lee at a county jail which earned him the death penalty.
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That’s a reference to the movie “Citizen Kane” in case you didn’t know.
love love love a happy ending.
I would prefer firing squad
Thunderbird!
“amid a struggle to source the required drugs for lethal injections.”
Why not use fentanyl? It seems to be very effective at killing people and there’s no shortage of it.
I thought for sure his final word would be “Rosebud”.
Never show a Seinfeld show I didn’t like.
Even the third or fourth time.
Rosebud.
New York apartment comedies Seinfeld, Honeymooners, Odd Couple, I Love Lucy some of tv’s best right there
Yep- Many times- and i go into surgery thinking “If I make it, ok, if i die on operating table, chances are I will never know, so no big deal”
This whole execution thing in America as evolved into some sort of grotesque ritual. There is nothing nice about conducting capital punishment and there is no way to make it “nice”. Get real, man up and do the high speed lead injection, quick, effective and cheap...
Nitrogen is cheap, non toxic, and does not support life.
The air you’re breathing right now is ~78% nitrogen.
“Killer’s face TWITCHES while he’s put to death by lethal injection... as his final word is revealed”
I’m sure that poor girl twitched when he shot her.....
Ovaltine!
Yup. My mind set as well.
Well its happened because “they” don’t want to execute murderer minorities. If you’re a white man no such qualms there.
Yeah, it seems that all blacks and browns are retards. Can't be executed.
All whites are "criminal masterminds."
It is what it is.
Rosebud?
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