South Carolina death row inmate Freddie Owens will die as scheduled on Friday despite the introduction of an affidavit by his co-defendant proclaiming Owens' innocence, the state's high court has ruled.

At times, Freddie Eugene Owens' letters are incredibly vulnerable as he says he's "also human." At others they threaten violence and say "betrayers will be slayed."

Stephen Golden, the man prosecutors said robbed the convenience store with Owens, says he was not the person who killed Irene Graves on Halloween 1997

Attorneys file emergency motion before inmate’s execution FridayFreddie OwensFreddie Owens, 46, is scheduled to be executed on Friday, September 20. He is expected to be the first death row inmate executed in South Carolina in more than 13 years.

With the recent statements by Steven Golden, Owens' defense attorneys are once again asking the S.C. Supreme Court to pause the SC execution set for Sept 20.

An eyewitness to the killing of gas station clerk Irene Graves, a mother of three, now says Freddie Owens was not there during the murder.

A man slated to be the first person executed by South Carolina in 13 years has lived a very troubled past, experts say.

The Greenville man was convicted of murder in 1999 and exhausted his appeals for a reduced sentence more than a decade ago