SC Supreme Court rejects emergency motion filed to delay execution
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) — A last minute emergency motion was filed in an attempt to stop South Carolina’s first execution in 13 years. Freddie Owens was convicted of shooting and killing store clerk Irene Graves at Speedway on Laurens Road, after committing a string of robberies at 19 years old on Halloween night in 1997.