Lawyer Emily Paavola stated she made the best decision for her client, Freddie Owens, regarding execution methods, acknowledging Owens' religious beliefs that complicated the choice.
Freddie Owens, who faces execution for the 1997 death of a store clerk, refused to choose an execution method, deeming it similar to suicide, which conflicts with his Muslim faith.
The South Carolina Supreme Court recently concluded that prison officials had provided enough information about the execution drug, pentobarbital, alleviating concerns over its testing and storage.
Owens' execution is scheduled for Sept. 20, and if not for the lawyer's choice of lethal injection, he would face the electric chair, the state's default method.
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