ACCORDING
TO GRIFFIN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DISTRICT ATTORNEY BEN COKER HIS
OFFICE WILL NOT SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY AGAINST TWO
DEFENDANTS FOR THE MURDER OF A LAMAR COUNTY MAN, RODERICK
CRAWFORD IN LINCOLN PARK.
18
YEAR OLD KIERA WILLIAMS AND 20 YEAR OLD CAMERON JONES WERE
INDICTED BY THE UPSON COUNTY GRAND JURY ON MURDER AND
OTHER CHARGES IN MARCH FOR THE SHOOTING DEATH OF CRAWFORD
WHO ALLEGEDLY AGREED TO MEET WILLIAMS ON AN ESCORT SERVICE
WEBSITE.
WILLIAMS
AND JONES APPARENTLY INTENDED TO ROB THE VICTIM.
D.A.
COKER TOLD ZOOM NEWS HE DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILTY OF THE
DEATH PENALTY EARLY ON WITH CRAWFORD'S FAMILY AND INFORMED
THEM IT COULD BE 3 TO 4 YEARS BEFORE THE CASE COULD GO
TO TRIAL—AND THEY WERE IN AGREEMENT IT SHOULD NOT MOVE
FOWARD.
ARRAIGNMENT
FOR THE COUPLE IS SET FOR LATER THIS MONTH IN UPSON
SUPERIOR COURT—TRIAL POSSIBLY IN THE FALL.
THEY
ARE ALSO CHARGED WITH MURDER IN CLAYTON COUNTY.
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