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

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 1976 for kidnapping and killing a bank loan officer's wife in a violent ransom scheme.

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

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

Richard Jordan, Mississippi’s longest serving and oldest death row inmate, died by lethal injection Wednesday evening at the ...

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

Why Mississippi prisoner Richard Jordan sentenced to death four times, and why it took decades to set an execution date for a ...

Mississippi prisoner Richard Jordan is continuing to fight his impending execution, this time filing an appeal to a federal ...

For the past five years, no more than 24 executions occurred annually — but 2025 is already near that mark, with more ...

Richard Jordan, Mississippi's longest-serving death-row inmate, chose chicken tenders, fries, strawberry ice cream, and a root beer float for his last meal. Jordan, 79, was scheduled for execution ...