South Carolina justices decline to stop state’s very first execution in 13 years
COLUMBIA, S.C.-- The South Carolina Supreme Court on Thursday declined to stop the execution of Freddie Owens who is set to pass away by deadly injection next week in the state's very first execution in 13 years.The justices all threw out 2 demands from defense attorney who stated a court required to hear brand-new details about what they called a secret offer that kept a co-defendant off death row or from serving life in jail and about a juror who properly assumed Owens was using a stun belt at his 1999 trial.That proof, plus an argument that Owens' death sentence was too severe since a jury never ever conclusively identified he shot on the shot that eliminated a corner store clerk, didn't reach the "remarkable situations" required to enable Owens another appeal, the justices composed in ...