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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.

Washington Examiner on MSN · 4h

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 loan officer.

CNN on MSN · 16h

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

Mississippi’s longest-serving death row inmate is set to be executed Wednesday nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer’s wife in a violent ransom scheme.

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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 Florida. The Rev. Jeff Hood is “determined to let people know you’re ...

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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 ...

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

How many people have been executed in Mississippi? How were their deaths conducted? How many women executed? Any notable executions? We have answers.

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