Death Row Inmate Who Argued Innocence For More Than 20 Years Penned Letter Before Execution: 'I Did Not Do It'

Marion Bowman Jr. was executed by lethal injection Friday for the 2001 murder of 21-year-old Kandee Martin, a crime he’s insisted for decades he did not commit. (Credit: ncw.fd.org/USA Today)

Marion Bowman Jr., a South Carolina death row inmate who has spent more than two decades proclaiming his innocence, left behind a chilling message, "I did not do it," just days before his execution.

Bowman, 44, was executed by lethal injection Friday for the 2001 murder of 21-year-old Kandee Martin. While he acknowledged selling drugs to Martin, he maintained he did not kill her.