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Charles Ray Crawford - Press Release

For Immediate Release October 15, 2025   Charles Ray Crawford Executed by the State of Mississippi        …

Charles Crawford Press Release

For Immediate Release September 12, 2025 Today, the Mississippi Supreme Court denied Charles Crawford’s Petition for Post-Conviction Relief and set…

CPCC Statement on Richard Gerald Jordan

For Immediate Release June 25, 2025 Richard Gerald Jordan Executed by the State of Mississippi PARCHMAN, Miss. – The State of Mississippi executed…

Richard Jordan Seeks Clemency. Watch His Clemency Video.

Richard Jordan's Clemency Petition:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWradthI98c&t=4s   Richard Gerald Jordan grew up in Petal,…

Willie Manning Press Release: What measure of justice is served if the wrong man is put to death?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 17, 2024 JACKSON, Miss. – The long road of injustice continues for Willie Jerome Manning. Mr. Manning’s …

SCOTUS Cert Petition Filed on Behalf of Devin Bennett

Today, the CPCC filed a certiorari petition on behalf of our client Devin Bennett. The petition can be found at the following link:   /sites/…

Employment Announcement - Attorney

EMPLOYMENT ANNOUNCEMENT May 14, 2024 Capital Post-Conviction Attorney Position   The Mississippi Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel…

Willie Manning Post-Conviction Petition

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 10, 2023   JACKSON, Miss. – Willie Jerome Manning was convicted and sentenced to death in 1994 for the…

CPCC Investigator Curlene Bell

When our long-time investigator retired, we knew we had big shoes to fill. We thus asked many, many people for recommendations on the best…

In simple terms, what is mitigation?

CPCC attorneys and mitigation specialists speak to a lot of different groups about our office and what we do. One common question we get is: what…