Attorneys representing a Mississippi inmate who has been sitting on death row for more than 30 years are looking to get the United States Supreme Court to intervene ahead of an upcoming execution.

Legal counsel for Charles Ray Crawford, who is scheduled to be put to death at the hands of the state on Oct. 15, has petitioned the nation’s high court to intervene ahead of the inmate’s execution. In an emergency application for a stay of execution, Crawford’s attorneys argued that his Sixth Amendment rights were violated and that the Mississippi Supreme Court dismissed this fact when allowing his upcoming death proceedings to advance.

The inmate’s legal team contended that his capital murder trial lawyers erred in court when conceding that Crawford was guilty against his wishes. Crawford was

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