South Carolina prepares for 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 ...
South Carolina scheduled to execute Freddie Owens by lethal injection; how the drug works
The Greenville man convicted of murder in 1999 will be the 44th person the state has put to death since 1976 and the first ...
Daily Mail13d
Condemned inmate ends weeks of suspense over whether he will choose lethal injection, electric chair or FIRING SQUAD
A death row inmate forced to pick between three options for his execution is set to be put to death this month via lethal injection in South Carolina ... electric chair or firing squad when ...
Fox News11d
South Carolina inmate lets lawyer choose lethal injection for execution after he was forced to pick method
A South Carolina inmate forced to choose his execution method left the decision to his lawyer, who reluctantly selected lethal injection rather than the electric chair or a firing squad.
New York Post13d
South Carolina inmate forced to choose how he’ll be put to death picks lethal injection — through his lawyer
who reluctantly told South Carolina prison officials on Friday to prepare for a lethal injection, rather than the electric chair or a firing squad. Freddie Owens said in court papers that deciding ...
CBS News21d
Electric chair tested and firing squad prepared, South Carolina prison director says
Corrections Director Bryan Stirling said South Carolina's supply of a common lethal injection drug is pure, its electric chair has been tested and the firing squad has the ammunition and training ...
WYFF13d
Lawyer for SC death row inmates makes decision on how he will die
THE CHOICE WAS THAT THE ELECTRIC CHAIR OR FIRING SQUAD. NEXT MONTH’S EXECUTION The lawyer for Freddie Owens, a South Carolina man on death row, told South Carolina prison officials to prepare ...
As first execution in a decade nears, South Carolina prison director says 3 methods ready
The South Carolina prisons director said that three different methods of execution are on hand for the first execution in 13 ...
ABC News14d
Forced to choose how to die, South Carolina inmate lets lawyer pick lethal injection
who reluctantly told South Carolina prison officials on Friday to prepare for a lethal injection, rather than the electric chair or a firing squad. Freddie Owens said in court papers that deciding ...
The State3d
The oldest is 80. One killed his 5 children. Here’s a look at the 32 men on SC’s death row
In 2021 the General Assembly expanded execution methods to include the electric chair and a firing squad. Including Owens, 32 people sit on death row in South Carolina. Seventeen inmates — or 53 ...