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Mississippi executes man on death row

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 mother of two young children.

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Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state’s death row for 1976 killing

Vietnam veteran Richard Gerald Jordan is set to be executed in Mississippi nearly 50 years after being sentenced to death.

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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 Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman.

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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 ...

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A history of executions in Mississippi. How many? What methods? What we know

At least seven death row cases have been overturned due to inadequate representation or malicious prosecution. Mississippi has executed 372 people since becoming a state, with 23 executions ...

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Court denies appeal, legal options dwindle for Mississippi death row prisoner

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied an appeal of U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate’s decision to allow Jordan’s ...

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