Man Who Raped and Killed Niece Is Executed
From Times Wire Reports
A man who kidnapped, raped and murdered his 2-year-old niece was executed in Atlanta after the Supreme Court rejected his request for a stay.
Defense attorneys had argued that DNA testing of two newly discovered hairs could prove he was not the killer.
Eddie Albert Crawford, 57, was on death row for 20 years.
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