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Héctor Ríos Morales

Mississippi Man Executed For 1993 Rape and Murder Claims To Be 'At Peace' In Final Words: 'I'll Be In Heaven'

Charles Ray Crawford, Mississippi (Credit: Via Mississippi Department of Corrections)

The state of Mississippi carried out its second execution of the year on Wednesday when Charles Ray Crawford was given a lethal injection.

Crawford, 59, spent more than three decades on death row after he kidnapped, sexually assaulted and murdered 20-year-old Kristie Ray, a community college student in northern Mississippi.

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