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, who spent 48 years on Mississippi’s death row, received an execution by lethal injection at the state ...

A Clarion Ledger reporter recounts what it was like to witness Mississippi’s execution of Richard Jordan, who spent nearly 50 ...

Richard Jordan, the longest-serving and oldest person on Mississippi's death row, was executed on June 25 for the 1976 murder ...

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 veteran, apologized to the victim's family before the lethal injection.

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Richard Jordan, Mississippi’s longest serving and oldest death row inmate, died by lethal injection Wednesday evening at the ...

Parchman Superintendent Marc McClure speaks during a press conference at Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Miss., on the day of Richard Jordan’s execution, Wednesday, June 25, 2025.

Parchman Superintendent Marc McClure speaks during a press conference at Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Miss., on the day of Richard Jordan’s execution, Wednesday, June 25, 2025.

Parchman Superintendent Marc McClure speaks during a press conference at Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Miss., on the day of Richard Jordan’s execution, Wednesday, June 25, 2025.