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Associated Press News on MSN · 15h

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.

Fox News on MSN · 1d

Vietnam veteran executed in Mississippi after nearly 50 years on death row for 1976 murder

After four trials, 79-year-old Richard Gerald Jordan was executed in Mississippi for the 1976 murder of Edwina Marter, a mother of two young children.

USA TODAY on MSN · 17h

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 on Jan. 12, 1976.

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MS inmate Richard Jordan denied relief in execution drug appeal day before execution set

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

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Court denies appeal, legal options dwindle for Mississippi death row prisoner

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied an appeal of U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate’s decision to allow Jordan’s ...

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