In South Carolina, on September 21, 2024, a death sentence was executed, which became the first execution in the state over the last 13 years. 46-year-old Freddie Owens was sentenced to the seller's murder during a robbery in 1999.
AP reports.
On Friday, 46-year-old Freddie Owens, sentenced to death for murder, was executed in South Carolina. This is the first execution in the state in the last 13 years. Owens, convicted in 1999 for the murder of the seller during a robbery, was executed by a deadly injection.
The state governor rejected his request for pardon, and the Supreme Court of South Carolina refused to defer the sentence. Previously, the executions were stopped due to problems with the supply of substances for fatal injection, which forced the authorities to pass a law to protect chemical suppliers.
In addition to the injection, convicted in South Carolina can choose between the shooting and the electric stool. Owens' execution was the first among the five performed in the United States this week.
