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Convicted killer Freddie Owens was put to death in South Carolina on Friday — the first execution carried out in the Palmetto State in 13 years after prison officials struggled to find the necessary drugs for lethal injections. Owens killed a Greenville convenience store clerk during a robbery during a botched robbery in 1997. While on trial, Owens killed an inmate at a county jail, which he confessed to, leading a jury to sentence him to death. In the death chamber, the 46-year-old said only “bye” to his attorney as he was strapped into a gurney with his arms stretched...

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...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (FOX 46 CHARLOTTE) – The U.S. District Court of South Carolina denied Friday an injunction filed by two death row inmates scheduled for execution starting next week. Death row inmates Brad Sigmon and Freddie Owens asked the court to find the electric chair to be declared cruel and unusual punishment violating the 8th amendment to the U.S. constitution. The case stems from Governor McMaster adding firing squad to the state’s execution methods except the firing squad is yet to be created and lethal injection is arguably unavailable. So Sigmon and Owens are set to die by the only...