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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 is set to be ...
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Death row spiritual adviser bears witness in execution chamber
The Rev. Jeff Hood has witnessed 11 executions: four in Oklahoma, three in Alabama, two in Texas, one in Missouri and one in Florida.  The Rev. Jeff Hood is “determined to let people know you’re ...
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 ...
A history of executions in Mississippi. How many? What methods? What we know
How many people have been executed in Mississippi? How were their deaths conducted? How many women executed? Any notable executions? We have answers.
Court denies appeal, legal options dwindle for Mississippi death row prisoner
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied an appeal of U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate’s decision to allow Jordan’s ...