Vietnam veteran Richard Gerald Jordan is set to be executed in Mississippi nearly 50 years after being sentenced to death.

The high-profile assassination of a top Minnesota lawmaker and her husband could bring about a form of punishment outlawed in the state for more than 100 years.

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 ...

Nearly 50 years after the kidnapping and murder of Edwina Marter in Harrison County, Richard Gerald Jordan was executed ...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced plans to move 2,700 employees from its headquarters in the District ...

A Philadelphia jury has convicted a suburban man of killing a Temple University police officer who chased him down as a ...

Mississippi has 37 death row inmates and all but one are men. Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, is the longest-serving death row ...

The longest-serving death row inmate in Mississippi's history, Richard Jordan, was executed Wednesday evening at the ...

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is asking the state Supreme Court to review and potentially expedite five death penalty cases, saying they have languished in the court system for too long and ...

People who leave animals or other people in their care unattended in a vehicle can face hefty fines and jail time in West ...