Should Mississippi continue to use a three-part drug protocol to execute prisoners? That was one of the questions raised Saturday, June 14, at a hearing in federal court in Jackson. Richard Jordan, a ...

Mississippi has executed a Vietnam combat veteran for murdering a stay-at-home mother of two sons in a failed attempt to flee with ransom money. Richard Gerald Jordan, the state's oldest death row ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Wednesday, Richard Gerald Jordan, Mississippi’s longest-tenured death row inmate, filed court documents asking for post-conviction relief and/or to have his death sentence ...

Richard Jordan, Mississippi's longest-serving death-row inmate, chose chicken tenders, fries, strawberry ice cream, and a root beer float for his last meal. Jordan, 79, was scheduled for execution at ...

Death penalty opponents are holding vigils to protest the upcoming execution of Richard Jordan in Mississippi. Jordan was convicted of kidnapping and murdering Edwina Marter in 1976. He has been on ...

A Mississippi man who had been on death row for nearly five decades for the murder of the wife of a bank loan officer in a ransom scheme was executed Wednesday. Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79-year-old ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Richard Gerald Jordan, Mississippi’s longest-tenured death row inmate, is set to be executed on Wednesday, June 25, at 6 p.m. Ahead of his execution date, prison reform ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Mississippi’s longest-serving death row inmate is seeking clemency from Gov. Tate Reeves. On Monday, attorneys for Richard Gerald Jordan filed the petition, asking the governor ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - On Wednesday, a group of prison reform advocates gathered virtually to speak out against the death penalty in Mississippi. The group included spiritual adviser Rev. Jeff Hood, ...

This will be the second execution in Mississippi this year, following Richard Jordan's in June. PARCHMAN, Miss. — Charles Ray ...