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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’s death row: A look at 37 cases and the inmates who committed them
Mississippi has 37 death row inmates and all but one are men. Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, is the longest-serving death row ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Jacksonville man set to be executed after Duval judge denies appeal for new trial in double murder
Michael Bell was convicted in 1995 for the murders of Jimmy West and Tamecka Smith in Jacksonville’s Moncrief neighborhood.