By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-27 23:06:27 | Updated at 2024-09-30 15:35:24
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South Carolina inmate utters just one final word before dying by lethal injection in state’s first execution in 13 years
New York Post ^
Posted on 09/27/2024 1:32:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Convicted killer Freddie Owens was put to death in South Carolina on Friday — the first execution carried out in the Palmetto State in 13 years after prison officials struggled to find the necessary drugs for lethal injections.
Owens killed a Greenville convenience store clerk during a robbery during a botched robbery in 1997. While on trial, Owens killed an inmate at a county jail, which he confessed to, leading a jury to sentence him to death.
In the death chamber, the 46-year-old said only “bye” to his attorney as he was strapped into a gurney with his arms stretched out to his sides, according to The Associated Press.
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1 posted on 09/27/2024 1:32:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
Could even muster a "Well" first?
To: nickcarraway
Whenever a democrat expires, a toilet is flushed. In this case, it’s a double flush. /spit
3 posted on 09/27/2024 1:37:13 PM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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4 posted on 09/27/2024 1:37:32 PM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
To: nickcarraway
In the death chamber, the 46-year-old said only “bye” to his attorney as he was strapped into a gurney with his arms stretched out to his sides, according to The Associated Press.
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He wouldn’t have said anything, really. He would have just waived bye-bye. But his arms.. well you know...
Strapped to a gurney.
5 posted on 09/27/2024 1:38:54 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Leaving Abortion up to the States is like Leaving Slavery up to the States.)
To: nickcarraway
I assume he already submitted his mail-in ballot for Harris.
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
That’ll be done in a week or so.
7 posted on 09/27/2024 1:42:02 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Leaving Abortion up to the States is like Leaving Slavery up to the States.)
To: nickcarraway
Wow, he got to draw breath for 27 years longer than the first person he murdered.
Well, the first person we know he murdered.
8 posted on 09/27/2024 1:42:06 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
To: nickcarraway
9 posted on 09/27/2024 1:43:20 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: nickcarraway; DeplorablePaul; NautiNurse
He was forced to choose how he died, per South Carolina law. He could have alternatively chosen to die by firing squad or an electric chair built in 1912.
Wow, South Carolina still has an "Old Sparky" from 1912 in operation??
10 posted on 09/27/2024 1:43:49 PM PDT by nutmeg
To: nickcarraway
11 posted on 09/27/2024 1:44:40 PM PDT by PGR88
To: Steely Tom
Wow, he got to draw breath for 27 years longer than the first person he murdered.
Exactly. And didn't he murder a 2nd person (in prison)?
12 posted on 09/27/2024 1:44:42 PM PDT by nutmeg
To: PGR88
13 posted on 09/27/2024 1:46:35 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: nutmeg
Exactly. And didn't he murder a 2nd person (in prison)?
Yes.
And for all we know, the convenience store clerk he murdered in 1997 wasn't his first.
14 posted on 09/27/2024 1:47:01 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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15 posted on 09/27/2024 1:48:54 PM PDT by nutmeg
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16 posted on 09/27/2024 1:50:59 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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17 posted on 09/27/2024 1:54:44 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: nickcarraway
May he actually said, buy.
18 posted on 09/27/2024 1:55:13 PM PDT by Track9 (If you want to know about human nature, read a power tool user manual. )
To: nickcarraway
19 posted on 09/27/2024 1:56:44 PM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!)
Bye Bye
20 posted on 09/27/2024 1:59:54 PM PDT by deport
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