Key witness who put Freddie Owens on death row admits he lied — but execution still happening
A key witness who helped put Freddie Owens on death row now says he lied to save his own life — coming forward just days ...
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Richard Moore is set to be executed on Nov. 1; here's a timeline of key events in his case
Moore, 59, will be the second person executed in South Carolina this year. Freddie Owens was the first person executed in ...
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Co-defendant now says Freddie Owens did not kill store clerk. Court denies request to halt execution.
COLUMBIA — Death row inmate Freddie Owens' chances to live beyond 24 hours appear to be dwindling. The S.C. Supreme Court denied Owens' latest request to halt his execution, scheduled for Sept.
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South Carolina puts Richard Moore to death; protesters call for end to executions
Henry McMaster denied a request for clemency. Moore's was the second execution since Sept. 20, when Freddie Owens was put to ...
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Opinion | Death row: America’s blind eye toward Black innocents.
When someone’s eyes linger on the mutilated body of Emmett Till, “justice” is the last word anyone would think. Yet, it was ...
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Key witness recants testimony against Freddie Owens, who is scheduled to be executed Friday
In 1999, Steven Golden told a Greenville jury that he was robbing a Speedway gas station with Freddie Owens in the early morning hours of Nov. 1, 1997. When the clerk, Irene Graves, would not open the ...
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Editorial: Execution despite doubt over guilt is a perversion of justice
On Friday, North Carolina executed Freddie Owens, even after serious doubts about his guilt emerged. When we kill the conceivably innocent, we become a mockery of ourselves and our supposed ...
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South Carolina Supreme Court rejects claim inmate didn't kill clerk and refuses to stop execution
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has again refused to stop the execution of inmate Freddie Owens who is set to die Friday by lethal injection. The justices ruled Thursday ...
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South Carolina restarts executions after 13 years
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 lethal ...
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SC anti-death penalty advocates won’t stop protesting. Will it change McMaster’s mind?
It’s a message they had before Freddie Owens was executed. One they’re repeating before the Nov. 1 execution of Richard Moore, who was convicted in 2001 of murder, armed robbery, possession of ...
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Richard Moore is set to be executed on Nov. 1; here's a timeline of key events in his case
Moore, 59, will be the second person executed in South Carolina this year. Freddie Owens was the first person executed in more than 13 years when he was given the lethal injection on Sept.