All Executions are carried out at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman.
The Mississippi Supreme Court has set an execution date for inmate Charles Ray Crawford (MDOC #82068).
The execution is set for Wednesday, October 15, 2025, at 6 p.m.
94-DP-01016-SCT Execution Warrant
Two documents providing information for news organizations regarding the scheduled execution are listed below. The documents will be sent to all news media in our contacts file. All persons wishing to attend the execution as media personnel must complete one application or the other.
If your news organization wishes to have personnel to attend as a media witness to the execution, the reporter only needs to complete the media witness application. Witnesses will automatically have access to the media center and demonstration areas. The number of positions for media witnesses is limited.
If a reporter applying to be a media witness has additional personnel, such as a photographer, the other personnel must complete the media representative application. They will only have access to the media center and demonstration areas.
If all your personnel only want to cover the execution in general – not as a witness, each person only needs to complete the media representative application. They will only have access to the media center and demonstration areas.
All applications must be received NO LATER than 5 p.m. on Friday, October 3, 2025.
Download, complete, save as PDF, attach, and send to MDOCOfficeofCommunications@mdoc.state.ms.us