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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.
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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‘I don’t want him to get what he wants,’ says murder victim’s son of killer
Once she did, Jordan took her and left her younger son unarmed. He had her drive to the DeSoto National Forest where he shot ...
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 ...
Death row inmate had a shot at life, but Gulfport prosecutor says he blew it
Neither I ..nor the jury or anyone else put Richard Gerald Jordan where he is today,” former Gulfport prosecutor and attorney, Joe Sam Owen, said. “He did it himself. He wants life without parole. He ...
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.