COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina put inmate Freddie Owens to death Friday as the state restarted executions after an unintended 13-year pause because prison officials couldn’t get the drugs needed for ...

Marcellus Williams, a man on death row in the 1998 death of Lisha Gayle, is scheduled to be executed for the murder in just a ...

Oklahoma plans to execute its third prisoner this year unless Governor Kevin Stitt grants mercy to Emmanuel Littlejohn, who ...

An Oklahoma death row inmate who was recommended for clemency said he is asking for mercy as his Sept. 26 execution date approaches. "Governor Stitt, I didn't kill no one. I'm asking for mercy. I'm ...

South Carolina has executed its first death row inmate in 13 years for the murder of a convenience store clerk in 1997.

South Carolina carried out its first execution in 13 years on Friday. Death row inmate Freddie Owens died by lethal injection ...

Freddie Eugene Owens gave no official last words as the state of South Carolina injected fatal drugs into his veins — the ...

When it comes to abolishing the death penalty in the U.S., a small but determined band of activists and policymakers are ...

Freddie Owens was put to death by lethal injection at Broad River Correctional Institution in South Carolina shortly before 7 ...

Freddie Owens was pronounced dead at 6:55 p.m. at the Broad River Correctional Institution near Columbia, the state's capital ...

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Jesse Motte, right, protests the planned execution of Freddie Eugene Owens, 46, on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Columbia, S.C.