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CRAWFORD v. CAIN

No. 20-61019.

55 F.4th 981 (2022)

Charles Ray CRAWFORD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Burl CAIN, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections; Earnest Lee, Superintendent, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED December 15, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vanessa Carroll , Southern Center for Human Rights, Atlanta, GA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Bridgette Grant , Office of the Attorney General for the State of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, for Respondents-Appellees.

Before Smith, Duncan, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.

Charles Crawford petitions for habeas relief. As a prisoner held under a state court judgment, Crawford must overcome the strictures of the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act ("AEDPA"). He also must prove that "law and justice require" relief. 28 U.S.C. § 2243. Crawford does neither. We affirm.<...

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