South Carolina death row inmate Freddie Owens executed by lethal injection
South Carolina executed inmate Freddie Owens, restarting executions after a 13-year pause due to a lack of lethal injection drugs. Owens was convicted of killing a store clerk during a robbery and later an inmate in jail. Despite last-ditch appeals being denied, including a plea to the U.S. Supreme Court and a clemency request to…