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Richard Jordan executed for MS kidnapping, murder committed nearly 50 years ago
For those who have waited decades for the state to carry out the death sentence Jordan first received in 1976, Jordan’s execution is long overdue. Jordan was sentenced to death for the Jan. 11, 1976, ...
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Victim's family speaks out after killer is executed 49 years later
The state's longest-serving death row inmate, 79-year-old Richard Jordan, was executed by lethal injection for his crimes.
Cold-blooded killer or traumatized Vietnam vet? Inmate's psyche debated ahead of execution
Richard Jordan is set to be executed in Mississippi on Wednesday, 49 years after he kidnapped and killed Edwina Marter, a stay-at-home mother of two.
Law enforcement, prosecutor relive 1976 murder of Edwina Marter ahead of Richard Gerald Jordan's execution
Richard Gerald Jordan has been through four jury trials, filed appeal after appeal and is still fighting his death sentence days before his execution.
Supreme Court denies relief for MS prisoner Richard Jordan, whose execution date looms
The Unites States Supreme Court did not give an explanation in saying would not hear the execution appeal of Richard Jordan ...