At times, Freddie Eugene Owens' letters are incredibly vulnerable as he says he's "also human." At others they threaten violence and say "betrayers will be slayed"

One of the most popular death row meals in history are that of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, who didn't hold back when requesting a bucket of KFC chicken, 12 fried prawns, a pound of strawberries, French fries and a Diet Coke. Though, not everyone has such extortionate requests.

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.

On Thursday morning, concerned citizens will gather at the State House to deliver petitions urging Gov. Henry McMaster to seek an alternative prison sentence fo