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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.
Longest-serving Miss. death row inmate Richard Gerald Jordan thankful for ‘humane’ execution
Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder whose final appeals were denied without comment by the U.S. Supreme Court, was sentenced to death in 1976 ...
Mississippi’s longest-serving death row inmate to be executed Wednesday
After nearly five decades on death row, Richard Gerald Jordan is set to be executed by the state on Wednesday. Jordan is the ...
Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state's death row for a woman's murder in 1976
Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state's death row for a woman's murder in 1976.