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 ...

The longest-serving man on Mississippi's death row was executed Wednesday, nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer's wife in a violent ransom scheme. Richard Gerald ...

PARCHMAN, Miss. — Richard Jordan, Mississippi’s longest-serving death-row inmate, requested chicken tenders, fries, strawberry ice cream and a root beer float for his last meal ahead of his scheduled ...

The Mississippi Supreme Court set an execution date for Richard Jordan, the state’s oldest and longest-serving prisoner on death row. The execution date is set for June 25, exactly one month after his ...

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 ...

Nearly five decades after being convicted of kidnapping and murder, the longest-serving man on Mississippi's death row was executed Wednesday by lethal injection. “I will see you on the other side, ...

Richard Jordan was executed on June 25 for the murder and kidnapping of Edwina Marter 49 years ago Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 and ...

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 ...