Freddie “Khalil” Owens is scheduled to be executed on September 20th, 2024, by the state of South Carolina for the murder of Irene Graves. Khalil, who was 19 at the time of the crime, was profoundly traumatized by childhood poverty and suffered horrific abuse in both his home and South Carolina’s juvenile prisons, which left him with organic brain injuries. Please take consistent action in the coming weeks for #ClemencyForFreddieKhalilOwens.

While support for the death penalty is at a historic low, and continuing to decrease every year, South Carolina is going backwards in time by restarting executions. Most states have either put moratoriums on their executions, or they have stopped the practice altogether. This is the case with the southeastern state of Virginia, which abolished its death penalty in 2021.

Please sign the petition asking Governor Henry McMaster to stay this execution and seek clemency for Freddie "Khalil" Owens. Any alternative is better than the death penalty!