Mississippi executes longest-serving death row inmate Richard Jordan
TL;DR
Richard Gerald Jordan, the longest-serving inmate on Mississippi's death row, was executed at age 79 for a 1976 kidnapping and murder, ending a decades-long legal process amid debates over mental health and justice.
- Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state's death row for 1976 killing NPR
- Mississippi executes Vietnam veteran Richard Jordan for murder of stay-at-home mom of 2 USA Today
- Convicted killer Richard Jordan has been executed WAPT
- What does family of Mississippi murder victim say about killer's looming execution date? The Clarion-Ledger
- Mississippi’s longest-serving death row inmate is executed WLBT
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