A man submitted a sworn statement claiming Freddie Owens is innocent just days before his South Carolina execution date

Hours before execution, another court denies death row inmate’s requestFreddie OwensFreddie Owens, 46, is scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. on Friday, September 20. He is expected to be the first death row inmate executed in South Carolina in more than 13 years.

South Carolina is set on Friday to execute Freddie Owens, who would become the first death row inmate to die at the hands of the state in 13 years, for killing a convenience store clerk during a 1997 robbery.

South Carolina inmate Freddie Eugene Owens is set to undergo the state’s first execution in 13 years, about a year after the state obtained the necessary drugs to carry out a lethal injection.

Owens is set to be executed by lethal injection in the state's first execution in 13 years. This despite a key witness who testified against Owens now proclaiming his innocence.

Just days before inmate Freddie Owens is set to die by lethal injection in South Carolina, the friend whose testimony helped send Owens to prison is saying he lied to save himself from the death chamb

Freddie Owens, who was convicted of murder in 1997, has long maintained his innocence South Carolina is set to execute a man on death row the evening of Friday, Sept. 20, representing the 14th execution in the United States so far in 2024.

Just days before inmate Freddie Owens is set to die by lethal injection in South Carolina, the friend whose testimony helped send Owens to prison is saying he lied to save himself from the death chamber.