South Carolina executes first inmate in 13 years …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>
South Carolina has carried out its first execution in 13 years, administering a lethal injection to 46-year-old Freddie Owens, who was convicted of murder in 1999.
Owens was sentenced to death for killing shop worker Irene Graves during an armed robbery in Greenville in 1997.
Despite a last-minute sworn statement from Owens’ co-defendant, Steve Golden, claiming that Owens was not present during the crime, the South Carolina Supreme Court refused to halt the execution.
The court deemed…
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