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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 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 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 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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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Mississippi executes state's longest-serving death row inmate: What we know
The Associated Press reported that Richard Gerald Jordan is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at the Mississippi State ...
Mississippi inmate Richard Jordan picks last meal ahead of execution at Parchman
Mississippi death row inmate Richard Jordan will eat his last meal at 4 p.m. ahead of his execution Wednesday, June 25.