South Carolina executes first man in 13 years despite new evidence of innocence
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Khalil Divine Black Sun Allah, 46, killed by lethal injection days after state’s key witness recanted critical testimony
South Carolina executed a man on death row on Friday, days after the key witness for the prosecution came forward to say he https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/19/south-carolina-execution-freddie-owens
and the state was putting to death an innocent man.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/18/freddie-owens-south-carolina-execution
, pronounced dead at 6.55pm, according to the Associated Press, which was one of several media witnesses to the execution.
His lawyers had filed emergency motions for a delay this week, citing new testimony suggesting he was wrongfully convicted. But the state supreme court rejected the pleas and Henry McMaster, the Republican governor, announced just before the execution that he would not be granting clemency.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/20/south-carolina-death-row-prisoner-execution
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