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

Despite decades of attempted legal interference and motions filed to prevent it, Mississippi's longest-serving death row inmate is scheduled to be executed Wednesday at the Mississippi State ...

Jordan, 79, was sentenced to death in 1976 for kidnapping and killing Edwina Marter in Harrison County. At the time, he was accused of collecting a $25,000 ransom from Marter's husband then taking ...

PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state’s death row for a woman’s murder in 1976. Originally Published: June 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM EDT ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WAPT) — Attorneys representing Mississippi’s longest-serving death row inmate filed new motions Thursday before the Mississippi Supreme Court. The move comes two weeks after ...

NEED TO KNOW Richard Jordan was executed in Mississippi on June 25 for the 1976 murder and kidnapping of Edwina Marter Jordan, 79, was the longest-serving and oldest person on Mississippi's death ...

PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) — 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 ...

PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state's death row for a woman's murder in 1976. The Hearst Foundations has awarded two Washington groups with grants ...