Freddie Eugene Owens
Death row inmate to determine how to die as South Carolina carries out first execution in 13 years
A South Carolina death row inmate, Freddie Eugene Owens, will be given the choice of lethal injection, electrocution, or a firing squad for his scheduled execution on September 20—the state’s first in 13 years. Owens, 46, was convicted of the 1997 murder of store clerk Irene Graves during a series of Halloween night robberies in…