South Carolina carried out its first execution in 13 years, despite the bombshell retraction of a crucial witness in the murder case of Freddie Owens.

Freddie Owens was executed by the State of South Carolina on Sept. 20 despite concerns that he might have been innocent.

Freddie Owens was put to death by lethal injection at Broad River Correctional Institution in South Carolina shortly before 7 p.m. on Friday.

Officials in South Carolina have executed Freddie Owens, convicted in the 1997 murder of a convenience store clerk, marking the state's first execution in over a decade.

South Carolina has executed Greenville County killer Freddie Owens, the first inmate to be put to death by the state in 13 years.Owens, 46, died by lethal injection on Friday, September 20 - nearly three decades after the murder of convenience store clerk Irene Graves.

Freddie Owens, 46, was executed via lethal injection on Friday, September 20. He was the first death row inmate executed in South Carolina in more than 13 years. Owens was 19 years old on Halloween night in 1997 when he committed a string of robberies.

Freddie Eugene Owens gave no official last words as the state of South Carolina injected fatal drugs into his veins — the state's first execution in 13 years.

Officials in South Carolina have executed Freddie Owens, convicted in the 1997 murder of a convenience store clerk, marking the state's first execution in over a decade.

Irene Grainger Graves was 41 when she was killed on Halloween night robbery in 1997. Today her son Arte remembers her as a loving and fun mother.