South Carolina man on death row pushes for clemency in final hours
A South Carolina man, Freddy Owens, 46, is asking the Supreme Court to halt his execution after a witness admitted to falsely accusing him. Owens was sentenced to death for the 1997 murder of convenience store clerk Irene Graves in Greenville.
South Carolina death row inmate asks governor for clemency
In South Carolina, the governor has the lone ability to grant clemency and reduce a death sentence to life in prison. However, no governor has done that in the state’s 43 executions since the death penalty was restarted in the U.S. in 1976.
South Carolina executes Freddie Owens despite questions over guilt, mother's plea
South Carolina executed Freddie Eugene Owens by lethal injections as questions over his guilt arose over the last couple of days.
South Carolina executes first inmate in 13 years
Freddie Owens, convicted of murdering shop worker Irene Graves in 1999, dies by lethal injection.
South Carolina inmate dies by lethal injection, ending state's 13-year pause on executions
A death sentence for a South Carolina inmate was carried out on Friday following a 13-year pause on executions in the state, officials said.
Doubts about guilt swirl around South Carolina death row inmate day before execution
Freddie Owens' execution appears to be moving forward despite a sworn statement from the man who testified against him that Owens wasn't even at the crime scene.
South Carolina death row inmate Freddie Owens executed by lethal injection
South Carolina put inmate Freddie Owens to death Friday as the state restarted executions after an unintended 13-year pause.
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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 ...
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Five executions scheduled for next week amid widespread demands for clemency
Five people are scheduled to be executed in the US next week despite credible innocence claims and widespread demands for ...
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Bipartisan Texas House majority urges clemency for man facing execution in shaken baby case
Lawmakers cite new scientific evidence that they says proves Robert Roberson, who is set for execution on Oct. 17, did not ...
Court appeals, clemency petition seek to halt execution of Missouri man who claims innocence
The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office will appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court a judge’s ruling upholding the ...
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Clemency is more important than ever in an era of grossly excessive punishments and mass incarceration. Timidity is not a ...
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NAACP calls for clemency for Marcellus Williams
Governor’s actions: Governor Parson disbanded the special board investigating Williams’ case, which had been working for six ...
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Bipartisan Texas legislators join calls for clemency for Robert Roberson
The condemned Texas man was convicted of killing his daughter in 2003 based on an outdated ‘shaken baby syndrome’ diagnostic ...
East Texas man seeks clemency as execution date in ‘shaken baby syndrome’ case approaches
Robert Roberson, who is facing execution in a controversial "shaken baby syndrome" case, asked for clemency with the support ...
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Rare show of Texas bipartisanship urges clemency for death row inmate scheduled to die on Oct. 17
Robert Roberson was convicted in 2002 of shaking his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki, to death at his home in Palestine, Texas. Shaken baby syndrome is a controversial child abuse theory that has since ...
South Carolina Supreme Court rejects claim inmate didn’t kill clerk and refuses to stop execution
The South Carolina Supreme Court has again refused to stop the execution of inmate Freddie Owens, who is set to die Friday by ...