His execution began at 6:35 p.m. ET and he was pronounced dead 20 minutes later at 6:55 p.m. A South Carolina jury found Owens guilty of murdering Irene Grainger Graves, 41, a single mother of three whose son described her as a hard-working and fun mom in an interview with USA TODAY this week.

Freddie Owens has been on death row for the 1997 killing of a convenience store clerk. But now, in a new twist, a man who provided key testimony against Owens says he lied and Owens didn’t kill the clerk.