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 ...

Charles Ray Crawford was executed by lethal injection for the 1993 kidnapping, rape, and murder of Kristy Ray. Crawford's legal team filed last-minute appeals, which were ultimately denied by state ...

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 ...

The state wants the U.S. Supreme Court to deny death row inmate Charles Crawford's request to stop his execution, says his ...

JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Supreme Court on Friday set an Oct. 15 execution date for the man convicted of kidnapping and killing a college student in 1993. Charles Ray Crawford, 59, has been on ...

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 ...

Charles Ray Crawford is set to be executed at 6 p.m., Oct. 15, after spending more than 30 years on death row for the rape ...

The U.S. Supreme Court and Mississippi Supreme Court denied last-minute emergency petitions to stay the execution of death ...

Mississippi executed Charles Crawford by lethal injection, marking the state's second of 2025. Crawford spent moe than 30 ...