Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said "all necessary procedures are being followed" for Charles Ray Crawford's execution unless the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the second time this year, the curtain inside the Mississippi State Penitentiary’s Unit 17 execution chamber lifted at 6 p.m.

Charles Ray Crawford was executed by lethal injection in Mississippi for a 1993 murder. His attorneys argued his trial was unfair because his original counsel conceded guilt against his wishes.

A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping, and killing a coed in 1993 got religious as he addressed his victim's family before being put to death, RadarOnline.com can report. Charles Crawford ...

He was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. following a lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman. Crawford had spent over 30 years on death row. His execution follows that of ...

Executions continue a cycle of violence and must end, a group of advocates for abolishing the death penalty said during a news conference Tuesday, Oct. 7, on the steps of the Mississippi Supreme Court ...

Attorneys for a Mississippi death row inmate are asking the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay of execution.The execution for Charles Ray Crawford, 59, is set for Oct. 15. Crawford was sentenced to death ...

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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 ...

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said "all necessary procedures are being followed" for Charles Ray Crawford's execution unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes to stop the execution. Reeves announced at ...

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced the execution of Charles Ray Crawford will proceed as scheduled. Crawford was convicted and sentenced to death in 1994 for the 1993 kidnapping, rape, and murder ...