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.

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.

Freddie Owens is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection at 6 p.m. on Friday, despite a codefendant's new claim of his innocence.

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.

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.

South Carolina put inmate Freddie Owens to death Friday as the state restarted executions after an unintended 13-year pause.

Freddie Owens was convicted of the 1997 killing of a Greenville convenience store clerk during a robbery. While on trial, Owens killed an inmate at a county jail.