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Caalarogashark Media. Good morning, I'm read Carter. Friday, October seventeenth,
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twenty twenty five. Sean Diddy Combs learned his post prison
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reality this week. Court documents reveal that after his four
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year sentence ends in late twenty twenty eight or early
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twenty twenty nine, he faces five years of supervised release,
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regular meetings with a probation officer, random drug tests, mental
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health treatment, domestic violence programs. His probation officer can drop
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in any time, search his property, residents, vehicle, computers, phones,
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no warrant needed, must work thirty hours a week. Can't
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own firearms, can't associate with criminals. The rap mogul who
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once boasted a billion dollar fortune will spend five years
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under government's supervision. Meanwhile, he's begging the judge to transfer
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him from Brooklyn Yann's Metropolitan Detention Center to a low
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level New Jersey prison. Wants access to drug treatment programs.
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His lawyer says it's for rehabilitation. Prison consultants say he
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doesn't qualify. Sex offenders can't get into those programs. Wednesday,
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Charles Crawford was executed in Mississippi after thirty years on
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death Row convicted of raping and murdering twenty year old
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college student Christy Ray in nineteen ninety three. Final statement
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He's at peace, He'll be in heaven. Final words to
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the warden. Different story. The execution took fourteen minutes, and
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Ashley Monroe, thirty six, pregnant with her fifth child, was
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sentenced Wednesday to thirty to sixty years for a drunk
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driving crash that killed two men and injured fourteen family members,
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including eight children. Bac of point one nine five, nearly
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two and a half times the legal limit, fled the
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scene with a nearly empty pint of Crown Royal in
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her purse. Made one victim's wife a twenty eight year
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old widow. Another victim's wife had her leg amputated. I'm reed, Carter.
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One wrapper facing supervised release. One murderer executed, one drunk
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driver who destroyed multiple families. This is celebrity Trials. Sean
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Diddycombs is currently at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn,
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special housing unit notorious for violence, poor conditions, isolation. He's
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been there since September twenty twenty four. Calls it inhumane,
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says there's no clean drinking water, fear someone might murder him.
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Lives in a cramped, windowless cell. He was sentenced to
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four years after being convicted on two counts of transportation
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for prostitution, with time served thirteen months already. He'll be
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released November twenty twenty eight, three years from now. Then
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the real restrictions begin. Wednesday, court documents revealed Ditty's post
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release conditions five years of supervised release, that standard for
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federal convictions, but the specific conditions paint a picture of
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a very different life than the one Diddy lived before.
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First regular meetings with his probation officer, not occasional check ins,
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regular mandatory meetings. Miss one, that's a violation, back to prison.
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Second drug testing within fifteen days of release, didt He
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must take a drug test, then two periodic tests after that.
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Random scheduling could be tomorrow, could be next month. Must
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pass every test. Fail once, that's a violation did He
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confessed in court that his time in custody has been
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the first in twenty five years he's been sober. I
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lost my way, I got lost in my journey, lost
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in the drugs and the excess, he said. Now he'll
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be tested to ensure he stays sober for five years
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post release. Third treatment programs did he must participate in
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an outpatient mental health treatment program, an approved domestic violence program,
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and drug testing is part of an outpatient program, not optional.
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Mandatory attendance skip sessions, that's a violation. Fourth Probation officer access.
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This is the big one. Ditty's probation officer can drop
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in on him at any time, no notice, no warrant needed,
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Just show up and demand access to his home, his vehicle,
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his property. Can search him personally, can search his papers, computers,
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cell phones, all without reasonable suspicion, just random checks to
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ensure compliance. That only requires a warrant if there's reasonable
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suspicion he violated release conditions. Otherwise it's open access. The
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government can walk into Ditty's life whenever they want for
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five years. Fifth residence approval did He must live at
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a location approved by the probation department. He can't just
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move into his sixty one point five million dollar Beverly
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Hills mansion or his forty eight point five million dollar
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Miami compound. The Probation office has to approve it. They
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could say no, too luxurious, not appropriate for supervision. Live
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where we tell you. Sixth work requirement? Did he must
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work at least thirty hours a week For a man
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with an estimated four hundred million dollar fortune. That seems absurd,
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but its standard conditions. Can't just live off wealth, must
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maintain employment, must prove your working Seventh No firearms, ammunition,
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destructive devices, or dangerous weapons. Did He can't own a gun,
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can't possess ammunition, can't have access to weapons. For someone
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who lived a lifestyle involving security and protection, that's a
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significant restriction. Eighth, No association with criminals? Did He cannot
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communicate with anyone involved in criminal activity? Given his career
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in hip hop, given his connections, given his history, that's complicated.
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Who counts as involved in criminal activity? Anyone with a record,
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anyone under investigation. The probation officer decides these conditions aren't suggestions,
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their requirements violate any of them. Did he goes back
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to prison to serve additional time. The supervised release isn't
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a gift, It's an extension of his sentence in the
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community instead of a cell. And did he knows his
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current situation could be worse? He's begging Judge Aaron Subramanian
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to transfer him from MDC Brooklyn to FCI Fort Dix
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in New Jersey low security prison, about four thousand inmates
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compared to MDC's one two hundred and fifty. Didty's lawyers
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filed a notice Monday requesting the change. The reasoning FCI
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Fort Dix offers a residential drug abuse Treatment program RDAP
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nine months long. Prisoners live in a designated section, spend
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days in treatment activities and work programs. Successful completion can
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reduce sentences by up to one year. Ditty's lawyer wrote
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the transfer would allow him to maximize family visitation and
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rehabilitative efforts to tackle drug abuse issues. Sounds good, write,
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get treatment, reduce sentence, be closer to family. Except there's
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a problem. Prison consultant Sam Mangle told The Daily Mail
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that Ditty doesn't qualify for URDAP. People with sex charges
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like Ditty cannot get into that program. It is common
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knowledge that anybody with a public safety factor with a
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sex charge is not eligible for r DAP. Sex offenders
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are excluded from the program that reduces sentences. Didty could
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take a non residential drug abuse treatment program three months
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no sentence reduction, but that's not what his lawyers requested.
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Mangle also said FCI Fort Dix is one of the
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worst in the BP Bureau of Prisons and that Ditty
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would likely be disqualified from the minimum security prison camp.
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Within the facility, it is generally not a place where
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the BOP places violent offenders. So why are Ditty's lawyers
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requesting it. Either they don't know he's ineligible, unlikely they're
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good attorneys, or they're hoping for a waiver like Gislaine
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Maxwell got. The Jeffrey Epstein associate was moved to a
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minimum security camp despite sex trafficking charges, the only waiver
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Mangle knows of in BOP history. Ditty wants out of
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MDC Brooklyn. Understandable the place is notorious, but his options
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are limited. FCI Fort Dix might not accept him. Other
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prisons might be worse, and regardless of where he serves
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his sentence, those post release conditions remain the same. November
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twenty twenty eight, Ditty walks out of prison, fifty eight
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years old, no longer a billionaire, fortune estimated at four
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hundred million dollars, but legal fees and restitution will reduce that.
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His Beverly Hills mansion listed for sixty one point five
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million dollars hasn't sold. His Miami compound was raided by
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Feds in March twenty twenty four. They seized one thousand
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bottles of baby oil, among other evidence. His reputation destroyed
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his career. Over his freedom restricted by five years of
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supervised release with conditions that prevent him from living anything
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close to his former lifestyle. Judge Subramanian ordered Ditty to
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pay a five hundred thousand dollars fine on top of
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his sentence. Most recently, the judge denied Ditty's request to
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throw out his conviction or grant a new trial, denied
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his requests for bail repeatedly. No indication the judge will
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grant the transfer to New Jersey. Ditty's reality three more
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years in prison, likely at MDC Brooklyn, then five years
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of supervised release with drug testing, probation checks, residence restrictions,
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work requirements, no firearms, no criminal associates, a very long
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fall from private jets and freak off parties. That's Diddy's future,
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not the glamorous life he once lived, the consequences of
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his actions catching up to him more in a moment Wednesday,
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six oh one pm Mississippi State Penitentiary and parchment. Charles Crawford,
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fifty nine years old, was strapped to a gurney in
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the execution chamber thirty years on death row, ending his
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final statement to my family, I love you, I'm at peace.
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I've got God's peace. I'll be in heaven to the
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victim's family, true closure and true peace. You cannot reach
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that without God. Thank you God for giving me the
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peace that I have. Then he closed his eyes. The
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execution began. The first drug of the three drug protocol
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entered his veins. Crawford swallowed. Two minutes later, his chest
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moved rhythmically. At six o six pm, an unidentified man
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in a baseball cap and sunglasses entered to conduct a
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consciousness check, performed a sternal rub, declared, in my professional opinion,
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this man is unconscious. For four minutes, Crawford's mouth moved slightly,
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appeared to quiver once. Then at six eleven pm, all
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movements stopped. He was pronounced dead at six fifteen pm,
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fourteen minutes total. His final words to the warden before
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the execution weren't as peaceful. Different sources report different versions,
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but the message was clear. Crawford wasn't as ready to
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meet God as his final statement suggested. January twenty ninth,
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nineteen ninety three, Crawford abducted Christy Ray from her parents
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home in Tip County, Mississippi. Christy was twenty years old
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student at Northeast Mississippi Community College. Her mother came home
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and found Christie's car gone, a handwritten ransom note left
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on the table. Crawford was out on bond at the time,
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awaiting trial on separate aggravated assault and rape charges. Days
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away from trial for a nineteen ninety one attack where
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he allegedly raped a seventeen year old girl and hit
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her friend with a hammer, he was arrested the next day.
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Claimed he was returning from a hunting trip, told authorities
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he blacked out and didn't remember killing Christie. Her body
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was found she'd been raped and murdered. Nineteen ninety four,
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Crawford was convicted of murder, rape, and abduction. The jury
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considered his prior rape conviction and aggravating circumstance, paving the
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way for the death sentence. He was also convicted in
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separate trials for the nineteen ninety one rape and hammer attack.
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Despite claiming he didn't remember those crimes either. The blackout
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defense didn't work. Juries found him guilty, judge sentenced him
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to death. Crawford spent thirty years appealing. Wednesday morning, hours
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before execution, Crawford's attorneys filed an emergency motion seeking a stay,
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argued his nineteen ninety four conviction violated constitutional rights because
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his defense team conceded guilt against his wishes. Mississippi's Special
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Assistant Attorney General, Lodonna Holland rejected the claim, called it
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a last minute attempt to delay the lawful execution. The
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United States Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal Wednesday morning,
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but Justice Sonya Sodomeyer wrote a dissent joined by Justices
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Elena Kagan and Katanji Brown. Jackson Sodo Mayer noted a
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twenty eighteen Supreme Court ruling held that lawyers cannot override
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a defendant's explicit decision not to admit guilt at trial.
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Under that ruling, Crawford could have proven his sixth Amendment
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rights were violated and would like to be entitled to
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a new trial. But Crawford's conviction became final before twenty eighteen.
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The Court has not squarely resolved whether that ruling is retroactive.
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The court refuses to resolve that question, even though a
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man's life is in the balance, Soda Mayo wrote, translation,
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Crawford might have a legitimate legal argument, but because his
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conviction was before the twenty eighteen ruling, the court won't
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apply it retroactively. He loses on a technicality of timing.
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That dissent didn't stop the execution. Crawford spent his last
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day visiting family and a minister ate. His final meal
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double cheeseburger, french fries, peach cobbler, chocolate ice cream, standard
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American comfort food for a man about to die. Mark McClure,
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Regional superintendent for Mississippi Department of Corrections, said Crawford was
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relaxed and ready to face today. After the execution, McClure said,
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it went as well as can be expected with this situation.
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We just take everybody in the victim's family in our prayers.
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Following the execution, the Mississippi Office of Capital Post Conviction
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Council released a statement saying Crawford was executed without receiving
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a fair trial, despite a legal system that failed him.
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Charles Crawford Chuck spent every day in prison trying to
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be the best person, family member, friend, and Christian he
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could be. Chrissy Nobile, director of the office, characterized Crawford
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as a respected, uplifting presence on death row. Said he
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worked inside the prison and advocated for other inmates. That
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portrayal conflicts with the facts. Crawford raped and murdered a
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twenty year old college student while out on bond for
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raping a seventeen year old and attacking her friend with
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a hammer. He was a serial predator who claimed blackouts
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prevented him from remembering his crimes convenient memory loss. Crawford's
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execution was the second in Mississippi this year, the third
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execution in two days in the US. Tuesday saw executions
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in Florida and Missouri. Total of thirty eight men executed
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by court order so far in twenty twenty five. Six
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more executions scheduled this year next Richard Jerf convicted of
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killing four members of a family in Arizona over thirty
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years ago. Christy Ray's family attended the execution watched Crawford
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die got the justice they'd waited thirty years to see, But,
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as one family member said, afterward. True closure and true
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peace doesn't come from watching someone die. It comes from
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living with the loss every day and finding a way forward.
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Charles Crawford is dead. Christy Ray is still dead. Her
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family still lives with that loss. The execution didn't bring
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her back. It just meant Crawford finally faced consequences for
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what he did in nineteen ninety three. More in a
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moment Wednesday afternoon, Saint John's Michigan, Ashley Marie Monroe, thirty