Mississippi has executed the longest-serving man on its death row nearly 50 years after he was convicted of murder.

The longest-serving death row inmate in Mississippi's history, Richard Jordan, was executed Wednesday evening at the ...

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 is set to be executed in Mississippi on Wednesday, 49 years after he kidnapped and killed Edwina Marter, a ...

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

6:30 p.m.: Richard Gerald Jordan was pronounced dead by lethal injection at 6:16 p.m., after being injected with a three drug-cocktail to induce his death. A consciousness check was performed after ...

Richard Jordan, who spent 48 years on Mississippi’s death row, was executed by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Parchman.

THE longest-serving death row inmate uttered a chilling set of last words with his dying breath. Richard Jordan, 79, spent ...

Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, was executed in Mississippi for the 1976 kidnapping and murder of Edwina Marter. Jordan, a Vietnam ...

MDOC leaders say his time of death was 6:16 p.m.

For those who have waited decades for the state to carry out the death sentence Jordan first received in 1976, Jordan’s execution is long overdue. Jordan was sentenced to death for the Jan. 11, 1976, ...

State’s longest-serving death row inmate meets with family, prepares for last meal ...