Jordan was sentenced to death in 1976 for kidnapping and killing a bank loan officer's wife in a violent ransom scheme.

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 ...

The longest-serving man on Mississippi’s death row was executed Wednesday, nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed ...

WLOX reporter Will Polston witnessed the execution of Mississippi's longest-serving death row inmate, Richard Gerald Jordan.

Days away from a scheduled execution, the Richard Jordan legal team has filed new petitions in the hope that the U.S. Supreme ...

Richard Gerald Jordan, the state's oldest death row inmate at 79, was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday, June 25, and pronounced dead at 6:16 p.m. local time.

With just two days until his scheduled execution, Richard Gerald Jordan’s legal options appear to be running out. On Monday, ...

Richard Gerald Jordan's appeal to halt his execution was denied by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The court upheld the previous ruling, stating Jordan didn't prove the three-drug lethal ...

Nearly five decades after being convicted of murder, a Mississippi man got executed. Can that happen in NJ, PA?

Richard Gerald Jordan, Mississippi's oldest and longest-serving death row inmate, faces execution on June 25th. Jordan's attorneys are appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay of execution, ...

WLOX reporter Will Polston witnessed the execution of Mississippi's longest-serving death row inmate, Richard Gerald Jordan. Polston joined WLOX News This Week to recap his experience.