“Would you prefer chicken, fish, or perhaps the vegetarian platter?” Freddie Eugene Owens may be facing some choices similar to what you could be offered at one of those all-you-can-eat buffet restaurants in South Carolina next month. But instead of dinner items, Owens will need to choose between lethal injection, a firing squad, or the electric chair. You see, on September 20th, Owens is scheduled to be the first person in South Carolina to be executed in more than a dozen years. Due to process complications that have held up other executions in the past, the state is attempting to offer a variety of terminal services so that the job gets done this time without the courts or other entities intervening. If Owens fails to make a choice, South Carolina will default to the electric chair. Looking at his criminal history, it’s hard to muster a lot of sympathy for him. (NY Post)
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