At times, Freddie Eugene Owens' letters are incredibly vulnerable as he says he's "also human." At others they threaten violence and say "betrayers will be slayed."

In South Carolina, the governor has the lone ability to grant clemency and reduce a death sentence to life in prison. However, no governor has done that in the state’s 43 executions since the death penalty was restarted in the U.S. in 1976.

With the recent statements by Steven Golden, Owens' defense attorneys are once again asking the S.C. Supreme Court to pause the SC execution set for Sept 20.

At times, Freddie Eugene Owens' letters are incredibly vulnerable as he says he's "also human." At others they threaten violence and say "betrayers will be slayed"

Freddie Eugene Owens poured his soul into handwritten letters he sent to loved ones, expressing both his vulnerable and primal sides as he awaits his execution set for Friday