US EditionMississippi executes a man convicted of raping and killing a college student
Charles Crawford was executed after spending more than 30 years on death row for the 1993 abduction and murder of a community college student, amid ongoing legal disputes over his trial.
- Charles Crawford, 59, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. following a lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, convicted of abducting Kristy Ray, 20‑year‑old community college student, in 1993.
- Relying on a 2018 Supreme Court ruling, Crawford's lawyers asked the U.S. Supreme Court for a new trial, but the Mississippi Supreme Court dismissed the retroactivity claim in September.
- In a last-minute move, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to halt the execution, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented, joined by Justices Kagan and Jackson; Crawford told his family `To my family, I love you. I've got God's peace.`
- Crawford had spent more than 30 years on death row, and Krissy Nobile, director of the Mississippi Office of Capital Post‑Conviction Relief, called him a respected, uplifting presence who expressed disappointment and resolution after the Mississippi Supreme Court set his execution date in September.
- There are six more executions scheduled in 2025, including Anthony Boyd later this month, and the recent third U.S. execution occurred Tuesday in Florida and Missouri.
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Mississippi Executes Man Convicted of Raping and Killing College Student
PARCHMAN, Miss.—A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student in 1993 was executed Wednesday. Charles Crawford, 59, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. following a lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman. Crawford had spent more than 30 years on death row. His execution comes several months after the execution of Mississippi’s longest-serving death row inmate in a ye…
Mississippi executes man after 30 years on death row for student murder: ‘Justice must be served’
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Mississippi man convicted of raping and murdering a college student in the nineties was executed Wednesday after spending more than 30 years on death row, according to officials. In a news release shared by the Mississippi Department of Corrections, Crawford, 59, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. local time. “Charles Ray Crawford, 64, was put to death by lethal injection at 6:15 p.m. local time at th…
Mississippi executes death row inmate convicted of raping and killing a college student in 1993
A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student was put to death Wednesday evening at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman.
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Mississippi executes a man convicted of raping and killing a college student
A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student was put to death Wednesday evening at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman.
A 59-year-old death row inmate was executed in the state of Mississippi for the rape and murder of a 20-year-old college student whom he kidnapped in 1993.
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