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 ...

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

Richard Jordan's execution in Mississippi on Wednesday can proceed, a federal appellate court ruled in upholding a ruling ...

Richard Gerald Jordan kidnapped Edwina Marter and shot her dead in a forest - before demanding a $25,000 ransom from her ...

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

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.

For those who have waited decades for the state to carry out the death sentence Jordan first received in 1976, Jordan’s execution is long overdue. Jordan was sentenced to death for the Jan. 11, 1976, ...

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

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, ...