Jordan's execution came about 50 years after he kidnapped and killed 35-year-old Edwina Marter, who was shot in the back of the head on Jan. 12, 1976.

PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) — The longest-serving man on Mississippi’s death row was executed Wednesday, nearly five decades after ...

The longest-serving man on Mississippi’s death row was executed Wednesday, nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer’s wife in a violent ransom scheme.

Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state's death row for a woman's murder in 1976.

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.

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

After nearly five decades on death row, Richard Gerald Jordan is set to be executed by the state on Wednesday. Jordan is the ...

The Associated Press reported that Richard Gerald Jordan is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at the Mississippi State ...

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