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Longest-Serving Man on Miss. Death Row Executed for 1976 Murder: 'Should Have Happened a Long Time Ago,' Victim’s Son Says
Richard Jordan, the longest-serving and oldest person on Mississippi's death row, was executed on June 25 for the 1976 murder ...
Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state’s death row for 1976 killing
Mississippi has executed the longest-serving man on its death row nearly 50 years after he was convicted of murder.
Mississippi executes man who has been on death row for nearly 50 years
The convicted murderer, a Vietnam War veteran, was sentenced to death in 1976 for kidnapping and murdering the wife of a bank ...
Execution completed by lethal injection for Mississippi murderer Richard Jordan at Parchman
Richard Jordan, who spent 48 years on Mississippi’s death row, received an execution by lethal injection at the state ...
Inside a Mississippi execution: Clarion Ledger reporter recounts what it was like
A Clarion Ledger reporter recounts what it was like to witness Mississippi’s execution of Richard Jordan, who spent nearly 50 ...
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 ...
Mississippi executes inmate after nearly 50 years. Is death penalty legal in PA, NJ?
Nearly five decades after being convicted of murder, a Mississippi man got executed. Can that happen in NJ, PA?
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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 ...
Mississippi man who spent nearly 50 years on death row executed
A Mississippi man who had been on death row for nearly 50 years was executed by lethal injection today, one of two executions ...
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Longest serving man on Mississippi death row executed for 1976 killing
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. Richard ...
‘I watched innocent man die in Death Row gas chamber – his chilling last words still haunt me’
Lawyer Clive Stafford Smith represented dozens of inmates on Death Row and claims he watched an innocent man die - and that ...
US man who spent nearly 50 years on death row executed
Richard Jordan, Mississippi’s longest-serving and oldest death row inmate, was put to death by lethal injection.