A death sentence for a South Carolina inmate was carried out on Friday following a 13-year pause on executions in the state, officials said.
A South Carolina man convicted of the 1997 killing of a convenience store clerk during a robbery was put to death Friday, as the state restarted executions following a 13-year pause.
Freddie Owens, 46, was declared dead at 6:55 p.m. at the Broad River Correctional Institution (BRCI) in Columbia, shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his appeal and a petition for a stay of execution.
His last meal consisted of two cheeseburgers, french fries, a well-done ribeye steak, six chicken wings, two strawberry sodas and a piece of apple pie, the South Carolina Department of Corrections told Fox News Digital.
Owens was convicted of the 1997 killing of a Greenville convenience store clerk during a robbery.
