The family of Edwina Marter issued two statements Wednesday following the execution of Richard Jordan, who was convicted of ...

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

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

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

A federal judge's ruling allowed the execution to proceed unless Jordan responded to a consciousness check after the first ...

PARCHMAN, Miss. — Richard Jordan, who spent nearly half a century on Mississippi’s death row, was lying strapped to a gurney with his arms splayed out and covered in a white sheet up to his neck when ...

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

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

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

June 25 (UPI) --Richard Jordan, the longest-serving death row inmate in Mississippi's history, was executed Wednesday night at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman. Jordan, 79, was ...

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