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Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state’s death row for 1976 killing
Vietnam veteran Richard Gerald Jordan is set to be executed in Mississippi nearly 50 years after being sentenced to death.
Death Row inmate of 48 years ate chicken tenders and a root beer float before execution
Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, was executed at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman. He was one of several people on ...
Death Row inmate executed after 48 years 'he needed to be punished'
Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, received a lethal ...
Justices side with Texas death row inmate seeking DNA testing to show he shouldn't be executed
The Supreme Court has ruled for a Texas death row inmate who's seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible for ...
Mississippi executes inmate who’s been on death row almost half a century
Mississippi has executed Richard Gerald Jordan, the state’s longest-serving death row inmate.Jordan, 79, was put to death by ...
Vietnam veteran’s last words before execution after 47 years on death row
A man who spent decades on death row was executed yesterday after kidnapping and killing a banker’s wife in the 1970s.
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 ...
MS inmate Richard Jordan denied relief in execution drug appeal day before execution set
Richard Jordan's execution in Mississippi on Wednesday can proceed, a federal appellate court ruled in upholding a ruling ...
Richard Gerald Jordan: Man who was on death row in Mississippi for almost 50 years executed
Richard Gerald Jordan kidnapped Edwina Marter and shot her dead in a forest - before demanding a $25,000 ransom from her ...
Mississippi executes Vietnam veteran Richard Jordan for murder of stay-at-home mom of 2
Jordan's execution came decades after he kidnapped and killed 35-year-old Edwina Marter, who was shot in the back of the head on Jan. 12, 1976.
Rights groups urge Calif. governor to grant clemency to all on death row
More than 200 Civil rights groups urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to use his powers to commute California's more than 500 death sentences over accusations of its constitutionality and racial discrimination.
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Mississippi is set to execute the state's longest-serving death row inmate
PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s longest-serving death row inmate is set to be executed Wednesday nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer’s wife in a ...