Brett Wilkins is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
Barring an unlikely 11th-hour reprieve from South Carolina 's governor or U.S. Supreme Court, correctional officials are set to carry out the state's first execution in 13 years after its attorney general brushed off a key prosecution witness' bombshell claim that the convicted man did not commit the murder for which he is condemned to die.
' Golden—who said he did not name the person who he says killed Graves for fear of his life—added: 'I'm coming forward now because I know Freddie's execution date is September 20 and I don't want Freddie to be executed for something he didn't do. This has weighed heavily on my mind and I want to have a clear conscience.
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