The above shows the space in the Department of Corrections’ Columbia prisons complex for executions, as seen from the witness room. The firing squad chair (left) was added following a 2021 state law that made death by firing squad an option. The electric chair is under the cover. (Provided by the S.C. Department of Corrections)
COLUMBIA — South Carolina will execute its first inmate in over a decade next month, the state Department of Corrections announced Friday.
Freddie Owens is scheduled to die Sept. 20…