20
July
COURT REJECTS LAST-DITCH DNA APPEAL (Georgia Child Killer Executed)
Eddie Albert Crawford, a 57 year old man who kidnapped, raped and murdered his 2 year old niece, was executed last night after the Supreme Court rejected his request for a stay. Defense attorneys had argued DNA testing of two newly discovered hairs could prove he is not the killer. Crawford was pronounced dead at 7:49 p.m. after 20 years on death row, two trials and a seven-month delay since his execution was originally scheduled for December.
Crawford sneaked into the house and kidnapped the girl after her mother,