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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 ...
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 ...
Mississippi set to execute state's longest-serving death row inmate
Vietnam veteran Richard Gerald Jordan is set to be executed in Mississippi nearly 50 years after being sentenced to death ...
Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state's death row for a woman's murder in 1976
Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state's death row for a woman's murder in 1976.
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Mississippi executes man on death row for nearly 50 years
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 ...
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Mississippi death row inmate Richard Jordan picks last meal
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 ...
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Mississippi capital punishment: 37 current death row inmates | Biloxi Sun Herald
Mississippi has 37 death row inmates and all but one are men. Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, is the longest-serving death row inmate, and is scheduled for execution Wednesday.