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LOCAL HISTORY: The last man to be executed in South Carolina

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    -50% Medium Liberal

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    45% ReliableFair

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    -50% Medium Liberal

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53% : The state of South Carolina will hold its first execution in over 13 years, and it will be for a Greenville County man named Freddie Owens on Sept. 20, 2024.Owens will have the choice of his method of execution between lethal injection, electric chair or firing squad.
51% : In 2017, Brian Stirling with the South Carolina Department of Corrections said lethal injection may still be possible if state lawmakers passed a shield law, protecting the identity of companies that make lethal injection drugs.(Video below: Senate panel held in 2017 regarding death row inmates)Executions have remained on hold for 13 years before state legislation passed the shield law in May 2023, and in July of this year, the state Supreme Court cleared the way to restart executions, revising the policy for a one-drug protocol.
47% : In 2017, Brian Stirling with the South Carolina Department of Corrections said lethal injection may still be possible if state lawmakers passed a shield law, protecting the identity of companies that make lethal injection drugs.
46% : Owens will have the choice of his method of execution between lethal injection, electric chair or firing squad.
36% : He was placed on death row in 2007 after strangling his cellmate at the Perry Correctional Institute in Greenville County in 2005.Between lethal injection and the electric chair, Motts chose lethal injection.
35% : He was placed on death row in 2007 after strangling his cellmate at the Perry Correctional Institute in Greenville County in 2005.Between lethal injection and the electric chair, Motts chose lethal injection.

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