In response to the South Carolina Supreme Court’s denial of Freddie Owens’s (also known as Khalil Divine Black Sun Allah) motion to stay his September 20th execution, Gerald “Bo” King, Chief of the Capital Habeas Unit for the Fourth Circuit in the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Western District of North Carolina, issued the following response:
“We’re disappointed by the Court’s ruling. Mr. Owens’s death sentence remains excessive and unprecedented, especially in light of his youth and organic brain damage. The prosecutor obtained that sentence by withholding evidence that would have impeached its most important witness. We will continue to seek review and relief for Mr. Owens.”
