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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 ...
Inside a Mississippi execution: Clarion Ledger reporter recounts what it was like
A Clarion Ledger reporter recounts what it was like to witness Mississippi’s execution of Richard Jordan, who spent nearly 50 ...
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 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.
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 killed a bank loan officer’s wife in a violent ransom scheme. Richard Gerald ...
Mississippi executes state’s longest-tenured death row inmate, Richard Gerald Jordan
Nearly 50 years after the kidnapping and murder of Edwina Marter in Harrison County, Richard Gerald Jordan was executed ...
Mississippi is set to execute Richard Jordan. Here's a look at every US execution in 2025
For the past five years, no more than 24 executions occurred annually — but 2025 is already near that mark, with more ...
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 ...
Executed this week in the US: A Florida inmate with severe mental illness, a Vietnam veteran in Mississippi with PTSD
Those executed included Thomas Gudinas, whose mental illness was shaped by his abusive upbringing and neglect, and Richard ...
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Mississippi executes Vietnam vet, longest-held death row inmate, for 1976 murder
Mississippi executed 79-year-old Richard Jordan, the longest-serving US death row inmate, nearly 50 years after he kidnapped ...
Mississippi executes its longest-tenured death row inmate
Nearly 50 years after the kidnapping and murder of Edwina Marter in Harrison County, Richard Gerald Jordan is set to be executed on Wednesday. A few showers and storms are moving across South ...