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

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

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

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

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

PARCHMAN, Miss. — Richard Jordan, who spent nearly half a century on Mississippi’s death row, was lying strapped to a gurney with his arms splayed out and covered in a white sheet up to his ...

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

Jordan was convicted in 1977 for the 1976 kidnapping and murder of Edwina Marter. At 79, Jordan is the oldest and longest-serving prisoner on Mississippi's death row.

PARCHMAN, Miss. — Richard Jordan, Mississippi’s longest-serving death-row inmate, requested chicken tenders, fries, strawberry ice cream and a root beer float for his last meal ahead of his ...

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

Jordan was sentenced to death in 1977 for the kidnapping and murder of Edwina Marter. PARCHMAN, Miss. — Richard Jordan, Mississippi’s longest-serving death-row inmate, requested chicken tenders, fries ...