South Carolina executed inmate Freddie Owens after a 13-year pause. Owens was convicted of a 1997 killing, signaling the state's return to executions using pentobarbital.

South Carolina has put inmate Freddie Owens to death in the state’s first execution in more than a decade. Friday’s execution came after an unintended 13-year pause on capital punishment in South Carolina that came about because prison officials couldn’t get the drugs needed for lethal injections.