Mississippi Executes Inmate for 1993 College Student Murder

A Mississippi man, Charles Crawford, was executed by lethal injection for the 1993 kidnapping, rape, and murder of 20-year-old Kristy Ray, after spending over 30 years on death row. Despite his claims of memory loss regarding the crime and legal appeals concerning his trial representation, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene before his execution.

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