The execution will occur on October 15, 2025, at 6 p.m. on the grounds of the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman.

A Mississippi man set to be executed by the state on Wednesday for a murder that occurred in 1993 will find no clemency from the governor.

Short of intervention from the U.S. Supreme Court, the execution of the Charles Ray Crawford will occur tomorrow.

Crawford was sentenced in 1994 for the kidnapping, rape and murder of a 20-year-old Mississippi woman, Kristy D. Ray of Tippah County, court records show.

A compounding factor in Governor Tate Reeves’ decision to deny Crawford’s petition for clemency is that the murder of Ray occurred while Crawford was out on bond for the rape and assault of a separate, unnamed 17-year-old female in 1991.

Crawford murdered Ray four

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