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Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state’s death row for 1976 killing

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

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Vietnam veteran executed in Mississippi after nearly 50 years on death row for 1976 murder

After four trials, 79-year-old Richard Gerald Jordan was executed in Mississippi for the 1976 murder of Edwina Marter, a mother of two young children.

UPI on MSN · 1d

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 Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman.

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Mississippi executes Vietnam veteran Richard Jordan for murder of stay-at-home mom of 2

Jordan's execution came decades after he kidnapped and killed 35-year-old Edwina Marter, who was shot in the back of the head on Jan. 12, 1976.

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As Richard Jordan execution nears, here’s what methods MS allows for the death penalty

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

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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 ...

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Richard Jordan lawyers file new petition to stop MS execution, hopes Supreme Court will hear in time

Days away from a scheduled execution, the Richard Jordan legal team has filed new petitions in the hope that the U.S. Supreme ...

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