Mother of SC death row inmate asks for clemency after court again denies request to stop execution
The mother of Freddie Owens urged Gov. Henry McMaster to spare her son’s life in a statement released hours ahead of his scheduled execution. Owens, 46, is set to die at 6 p.m. Friday, 25 years after he was convicted of killing gas station clerk Irene Graves during a string of robberies on
South Carolina death row inmate asks governor for clemency
In South Carolina, the governor has the lone ability to grant clemency and reduce a death sentence to life in prison. However, no governor has done that in the state’s 43 executions since the death penalty was restarted in the U.S. in 1976.
The Greenville News will be providing live coverage from Columbia today leading up to the execution of Freddie Owens.
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Clemency does not mean that the seriousness of the crime is overlooked or that the pain of victim's family is forgotten.
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Bipartisan Texas House majority urges clemency for man facing execution in shaken baby caseLawmakers cite new scientific evidence that they says proves Robert Roberson, who is set for execution on Oct. 17, did not ...
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Five executions scheduled for next week amid widespread demands for clemencyFive people are scheduled to be executed in the US next week despite credible innocence claims and widespread demands for ...
The condemned Texas man was convicted of killing his daughter in 2003 based on an outdated ‘shaken baby syndrome’ diagnostic ...
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Robert Roberson, who is facing execution in a controversial "shaken baby syndrome" case, asked for clemency with the support ...
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The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office will appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court a judge’s ruling upholding the ...
Robert Roberson was convicted in 2002 of shaking his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki, to death at his home in Palestine, Texas. Shaken baby syndrome is a controversial child abuse theory that has since ...
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