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

Jordan was sentenced to death in 1976 for kidnapping and killing a bank loan officer's wife in a violent ransom scheme.

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

Mississippi is set to carry out its 20th execution by lethal injection as Richard Jordan, who's sat on death row for 48 years ...

Richard Jordan's execution in Mississippi on Wednesday can proceed, a federal appellate court ruled in upholding a ruling ...

If the execution is not halted, prayerful protest vigils will start Wednesday at 4:45 p.m. in front of the Governor's Mansion ...

Why Mississippi prisoner Richard Jordan sentenced to death four times, and why it took decades to set an execution date for a ...

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