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Emergency application · Capital case

Charles Ray Crawford v. Mississippi

Denied
No. 25A378Stay applicationFiled by a prisoner facing executionPresented to Justice AlitoFrom Supreme Court of Mississippi

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on October 15, 2025 and refused to halt the execution.

Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case. Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice Jackson would have ruled the other way.

Filed Ruled 14 days after filing

What's being asked

A prisoner facing execution asks the Supreme Court to halt (stay) an execution. The case is Charles Ray Crawford v. Mississippi.

What the Court did

Application (25A378) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justice Kagan and Justice Jackson dissent. (Detached Opinion )

Dissenting · 2recorded against the Court's order
  1. Kagan
  2. Jackson
Vote not published · 7the order does not say how they voted
  1. Thomas
  2. Roberts
  3. Alito
  4. Sotomayor
  5. Gorsuch
  6. Kavanaugh
  7. Barrett
The order records the positions of 2 of 9 justices. The Court usually does not say how each justice voted on an emergency application, so the rest are shown as not published.
Days from filing to a ruling for 7 rulings on capital applications decided without a response since January 1, 2025. The band is the middle half, the tick the median, and the mark this application: ruled 14 days after filing.

What it means

The Court's refusal leaves the execution to go forward as scheduled unless another court or official halts it.

Separate writings

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A378. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked September 24, 2026