Hours before inmate Freddie Owens is set to die by lethal injection in South Carolina, the friend whose testimony helped send Owens to prison is saying he lied to save himself.

“Freddie Owens is not the person who shot Irene Graves at the Speedway on November 1, 1997,” Golden told the South Carolina Supreme Court. “Freddie was not present when I robbed the Speedway ...

Freddie Owens, who was convicted of murder in 1997, has long maintained his innocence Sean Neumann is a reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2019. His work has previously ...

“Freddie Owens is not the person who shot Irene Graves at the Speedway on November 1, 1997,” Golden told the South Carolina Supreme Court.

Dozens of protesters gathered outside a South Carolina prison on Friday, holding pictures of Freddie Owens as they prayed, cried and chanted for justice. Owens was set to be executed for a 1997 ...

South Carolina death row inmate Freddie Owens enjoyed a feast of classic American food as his final meal before he was executed on Friday for a 1997 murder. Owens was pronounced dead at 6:55 p.m ...

South Carolina death row inmate Freddie Owens died by lethal injection on Friday during the state’s first execution in 13 years. Owens, 46, was sentenced to death in 1999 for killing a ...

As lethal injection looms for South Carolina death row inmate Freddie Owens, a co-defendant recently admitted lying about the 1997 murder case.

“Freddie Owens is not the person who shot Irene Graves at the Speedway on November 1, 1997,” Golden said in the sworn statement filed to the South Carolina Supreme Court.

Freddie Eugene Owens, 46, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. on Friday.He was convicted of killing of 41-year-old Irene Grainger Graves, who was shot in the head at the ...

Freddie Owens said in court papers that deciding the execution method would be taking an active role in his own death, and his Muslim faith teaches him that suicide is a sin.

South Carolina death row inmate Freddie Owens died by lethal injection on Friday during the state’s first execution in 13 years. Owens, 46, was sentenced to death in 1999 for killing a ...