The South Carolina Supreme Court has again refused to stop the execution of inmate Freddie Owens who is set to die on Friday (local time) by lethal injection.
The justices ruled today that a sworn statement from a friend whose testimony helped convict Owens and who now says he lied to save himself from the death chamber wasn't enough to halt prison officials from putting Owens to death.
The justices wrote today that there was no evidence Golden had an independent attorney to talk to about his recent statements and they did not name who might have killed Graves if Owens didn't do it.South Carolina's death chamber in Columbia, SC, including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left.
He was eventually sentenced to 28 years in prison after pleading guilty to a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter, according to court records. Prosecutors argued last week that Golden's decision to change his story shouldn't be enough to stop the execution because he has now admitted to lying under oath, thereby showing that he cannot be trusted to tell the truth.
"Justice works for restoration. You cannot restore someone who you kill," said the group's executive director, Reverend Hillary Taylor, as she read from one of the comments on the petition.
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