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Live: Freddie Owens set to be executed Friday, protesters ask McMaster to grant clemency
The Greenville News will be providing live coverage from Columbia today leading up to the execution of Freddie Owens.
Activists deliver petition asking Gov. McMaster to grant clemency to Freddie Owens
Freddie Owens is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Friday. Petition includes more than 10,000 signatures; a protest, vigils, planned
South Carolina prepares for its first execution in 13 years
South Carolina is set to execute its first inmate in 13 years after an unintended pause because the state could not obtain the drugs neede
Freddie Owens' execution is scheduled for Friday, his co-defendant now says he's innocent
Steven Golden, the man prosecutors said robbed the convenience store with Owens, says he was not the person who killed Irene Graves on Halloween 1997
Freddie Owens scheduled to be executed in South Carolina on Friday
A man is set to be executed in South Carolina for the first time in more than a decade. With only 117 in MLB history, an immaculate inning is rarer than a no-hitter. MLB's first 50-50 season belongs to Shohei Ohtani.
'None of this makes sense:' Advocates hold vigil, protest ahead of Freddie Owens execution
While also remembering victims Irene Graves and Christopher Lee, vigil attendees continued to urge Gov. Henry McMaster to grant Owens clemency
Key witness recants testimony against Freddie Owens, who is scheduled to be executed Friday
An eyewitness to the killing of gas station clerk Irene Graves, a mother of three, now says Freddie Owens was not there during the murder.
‘Freddie was actually not there’: Codefendant now says inmate set to be executed Friday didn’t kill woman
As execution deadline looms, SC Supreme Court finds recanted witness testimony not reliable
At the eleventh hour, the key eyewitness in the case that sent Freddie Owens to death row recanted his testimony, saying that ...
McMaster should spare Owens from the death penalty; here's why
Letter writer urges Gov. Henry McMaster to spare the life of inmate Freddie Owens, whose execution is schedule on Sept. 20.
Flags to be flown half-staff in SC for POW/MIA Recognition Day
The Office of Governor Henry McMaster has issued a notification that all flags on state and local public buildings will be ...
McMaster has the power to commute death row inmate sentence. Will the SC governor use it?
The state is scheduled to execute Freddie Owens on Sept. 20, which will be South Carolina’s first execution carried out since ...
Halt death penalty execution, civil rights groups asks Gov. McMaster with a week to go
The governor has authority to grant clemency, but it's a power that has not been exercised in SC since the U.S. resumed ...
Governor McMaster to attend groundbreaking for new psychiatric facility
Governor Henry McMaster is set to attend a groundbreaking for a new psychiatric facility on Monday.The groundbreaking will ...
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Gov. Henry McMaster announces retirement of SCDHHS director Robert Kerr
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Governor Henry McMaster announced on Monday South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) director Robert Kerr is set to retire from his position.
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McMaster has the power to commute death row inmate sentence. Will the SC governor use it?
SC Governor Henry McMaster has the power to commute Freddie Owens’ death sentence. But he won’t say whether he’ll do it until the execution. Tracy Glantz [email protected] COLUMBIA ...
Why are flags flying at half-staff in South Carolina?
Section 53-3-165 of the South Carolina Code of Laws designates the third Friday in September of each year as POW/MIA Recognition Day in South Carolina and provides that flags be flown at half-staff. S ...