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Mississippi executes Richard Jordan, state's longest-serving death row inmate, for 1976 murder
Mississippi has executed the longest-serving man on its death row nearly 50 years after he was convicted of murder.
Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state's death row for a woman's murder in 1976
PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state's death row for a woman's murder in 1976.
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Mississippi is set to execute the state’s longest-serving death row inmate
Mississippi’s longest-serving death row inmate is set to be executed Wednesday nearly five decades after he kidnapped and ...
Mississippi executes man on death row for nearly 50 years
The longest-serving death row inmate in Mississippi's history, Richard Jordan, was executed Wednesday evening at the ...
Mississippi’s death row: A look at the 37 inmates, and the crimes they committed
Mississippi has 37 death row inmates and all but one are men. Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, is the longest-serving death row ...
Confronted with DNA, Alabama offers theory that ‘defies logic’ to keep man on death row
Christopher Barbour tried to take back his confession more than 30 years ago. Now, new DNA points to someone else.
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John Grisham: Faulty evidence sent this man to Louisiana's death row. So why is he still there?
Since 2000, at least seven people have been exonerated after courts found serious flaws associated with a theory called "bite ...
Notorious Houston murder case back in spotlight after accomplice’s death
The accomplice who paid a teenage hitman to kill a former cop's wife in 1994 has died on death row more than three decades ...
Vietnam veteran executed in Mississippi after nearly 50 years on death row for 1976 murder
After four trials, 79-year-old Richard Gerald Jordan was executed in Mississippi for the 1976 murder of Edwina Marter, a mother of two young children.