Unless courts intervene, Missouri governor must stop Marcellus Williams’ execution • Missouri Independent
Missouri plans to execute Marcellus Williams on September 24th. If this happens, he would be the 100th person executed in our state since 1989. This would be a shameful milestone and another case of the execution of a possibly innocent…
Who was Freddie Owens? South Carolina inmate executed by first lethal injection in 13 years
South Carolina executed person sentenced to death Freddie Owens from Lethal injection on Friday, the first Execution in 13 years. Owens, 46, was sentenced to death in 1999 for the murder of Irene Gravesa supermarket clerk during a robbery in…
South Carolina inmate dies by lethal injection in state’s first execution in 13 years
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina executed inmate Freddie Owens on Friday, resuming executions after an inadvertent 13-year hiatus because prison officials were unable to obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections. Owens was convicted in 1997 of killing a…
Hours before Freddie Owens’ execution, a friend who testified against him says he lied: “Freddie wasn’t there”
Only hours before the prisoner Freddie Owens will die was executed by lethal injection in South Carolina, the friend whose testimony helped put Owens in prison claims he lied to avoid the death chamber. Owens is scheduled to die at…
