Richard Jordan, who spent 48 years on Mississippi’s death row, received an execution by lethal injection at the state ...

Mississippi death row inmate Richard Jordan will eat his last meal at 4 p.m. ahead of his execution Wednesday, June 25.

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

Richard Jordan's execution in Mississippi will proceed at 6 p.m. after last-minute efforts to convince the U.S. Supreme Court ...

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

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

Mississippi has executed the longest-serving man on its death row nearly 50 years after he was convicted of murder.

June 25 (UPI) --Richard Jordan, the longest-serving death row inmate in Mississippi's history, was executed Wednesday night at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman. Jordan, 79, was ...

Richard Gerald Jordan was the longest-serving inmate on Mississippi's death row. Mississippi Department of Corrections via AP, File The Context ...

Mississippi prisoner Richard Gerald Jordan is hoping for relief from federal courts or clemency from Gov. Tate Reeves to stop execution on June 25.

Richard Gerald Jordan, on Mississippi death row for nearly 49 years, was executed today for the kidnapping and murder of Edwina Marter in Gulfport.

Richard Jordan, 79, was executed in Mississippi for the 1976 kidnapping and murder of Edwina De Gruy Marter. Jordan spent 48 years on death row, the longest in Mississippi history.