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

Richard Jordan's execution in Mississippi on Wednesday can proceed, a federal appellate court ruled in upholding a ruling ...

Mississippi is set to carry out its 20th execution by lethal injection as Richard Jordan, who's sat on death row for 48 years ...

The Unites States Supreme Court did not give an explanation in saying would not hear the execution appeal of Richard Jordan ...

Jordan's execution came decades after he kidnapped and killed 35-year-old Edwina Marter, who was shot in the back of the head ...

If the execution is not halted, prayerful protest vigils will start Wednesday at 4:45 p.m. in front of the Governor's Mansion ...

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.

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

Why Mississippi prisoner Richard Jordan sentenced to death four times, and why it took decades to set an execution date for a ...

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, ...