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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 ...
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Mississippi capital punishment: 37 current death row inmates | Biloxi Sun Herald
Mississippi has 37 death row inmates and all but one are men. Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, is the longest-serving death row inmate, and is scheduled for execution Wednesday.
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 ...
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Mississippi executes the state’s longest-serving death row inmate | CNN
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.
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 ...