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Mississippi executes inmate after nearly 50 years. Is death penalty legal in PA, NJ?
Nearly five decades after being convicted of murder, a Mississippi man got executed. Can that happen in NJ, PA?
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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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 state’s longest-serving death row inmate
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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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Chilling final words of Mississippi’s longest-serving death row inmate executed almost 50 years after crime
Richard Gerald Jordan has been put to death for the 1976 murder and kidnapping of Edwina Marter, a mom-of-two, nearly 50 years after he committed the crime ...
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Victim’s family speaks out after killer is executed 49 years later
IF JORDAN RECEIVES THE FIRST 500MG OF THE MEDICATION, THAT LEAVES HIM STILL CONSCIOUS Mississippi held a state-sanctioned ...
Mississippi executes Vietnam veteran Richard Jordan for murder of stay-at-home mom of 2
Jordan's execution came decades after he kidnapped and killed 35-year-old Edwina Marter, who was shot in the back of the head ...
Mississippi carries out execution of longest-serving death row inmate for 1976 killing
Convicted killer Richard Jordan, the state's longest-serving and oldest death row inmate, has been executed. Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) officials say he died by lethal injection at ...