While also remembering victims Irene Graves and Christopher Lee, vigil attendees continued to urge Gov. Henry McMaster to grant Owens clemency

Execution won’t be delayed despite new innocence claimFreddie OwensFreddie Owens, 46, is scheduled to be executed on Friday, September 20. He is expected to be the first death row inmate executed in South Carolina in more than 13 years.

South Carolina death row inmate Freddie Owens will die as scheduled on Friday despite the introduction of an affidavit by his co-defendant proclaiming Owens' innocence, the state's high court has ruled.