The state of South Carolina executed Freddie Eugene Owens by lethal injection on Friday. He had been convicted of killing a convenience store clerk in 1997. Hours before the execution, Owens’s co-defendant signed a statement saying that Owens, who is Black, wasn’t at the store at the time of the shooting. In a statement, Owens’s mother said, “The legal errors, hidden deals, and false evidence that made tonight possible should shame us all.” It was the first execution in South Carolina in 13 years.