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

South Carolina law allows condemned inmates to choose lethal injection, the new firing squad or the electric chair built in ...

Owens was convicted of the 1997 killing of a Greenville convenience store clerk during a robbery. While on trial, Owens ...

Governor Henry McMaster (R) has ordered that flags be flown at half-staff Friday at all state buildings, grounds, and ...

Freddie Owens is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Friday. Petition includes more than 10,000 signatures; a ...

Governor Henry McMaster requested Monday a Presidential Disaster Declaration and a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) ...

Letter writer urges Gov. Henry McMaster to spare the life of inmate Freddie Owens, whose execution is schedule on Sept. 20.

Columbia, SCV (WOLO) — The Governor’s Office has just released a letter confirming that Governor McMaster has denied clemency ...

The Greenville News will be providing live coverage from Columbia today leading up to the execution of Freddie Owens.

In recognition of SC Thrive's efforts to improve the lives of people across the state of South Carolina, Gov. Henry McMaster issued a proclamation declaring the week of Sept. 15-20 to be SC Thrive ...

South Carolina is set on Friday to execute Freddie Owens, who would become the first death row inmate to die at the hands of ...