Nearly five decades after the murder and ransom scheme that landed him behind bars, the longest-serving man on Mississippi’s death row was executed. The convicted killer, 79-year-old Richard Jordan, ...

Parchman, Mississippi - A Mississippi man who has been on Death Row for nearly 50 years is to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday, one of two executions in the US this week. Richard Jordan ...

Richard Jordan, seen in 2008, was executed Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in Mississippi after sitting on death row since his 1976 conviction, one of the longest waits for an inmate awaiting the death ...

Editor's note: This is the latest edition of Curious Mississippi, a service to the readers of the Clarion Ledger. Today we answer, What is it like to cover an execution? Other questions answered by ...

Richard Jordan, Mississippi’s longest serving and oldest death row inmate, died by lethal injection Wednesday evening at the Mississippi State Penitentiary nearly 50 years after he kidnapped and ...

SUNFLOWER COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - Nearly 50 years after the kidnapping and murder of Edwina de Gruy Marter in Harrison County, Richard Gerald Jordan was executed Wednesday evening. RELATED: Mississippi ...

Richard Jordan was executed on June 25 for the murder and kidnapping of Edwina Marter 49 years ago Bailey Richards is a Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 and ...

Richard Jordan was executed in Mississippi on June 25 for the 1976 murder and kidnapping of Edwina Marter Jordan, 79, was the longest-serving and oldest person on Mississippi's death row “It should ...