Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder whose final appeals were denied without comment by the U.S. Supreme Court, was sentenced to death in 1976 fo… ...

PARCHMAN, Miss. — 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 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 ...

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.

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 ...

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. — 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.

Nation Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state’s death row for 1976 killing June 24, 2025 at 9:06 pm Updated June 25, 2025 at 5:32 pm By SOPHIE BATES ...

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 ransom ...