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

Mississippi has executed a Vietnam combat veteran for murdering a stay-at-home mother of two sons in a failed attempt to flee with ransom money. Richard Gerald Jordan, the state's oldest death row ...

PARCHMAN, Miss. — Richard Jordan, Mississippi’s longest-serving death-row inmate, requested chicken tenders, fries, strawberry ice cream and a root beer float for his last meal ahead of his ...

Sheila O'Flaherty, who said she has come out for every execution in Mississippi since 1983, poses for a photo after protesting the execution of Richard Jordan on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. "I don't ...

Richard Jordan has been on death row in Mississippi since 1977 for the 1976 kidnapping and murder of Edwina Marter, the wife of a Gulfport bank executive. At 78, Jordan is the oldest prisoner on ...

Mississippi prisoner Richard Jordan is scheduled to appear at the Thad Cochran United States Courthouse on Saturday. Jordan is currently the state's oldest and longest-serving death row inmate ...

HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - On Thursday, the Mississippi Supreme Court denied Richard Gerald Jordan’s motion for rehearing on the order setting his execution date. Jordan, Mississippi’s ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously denied the latest appeal from a man who has been on the state's death row longer than any other inmate. Richard Gerald Jordan ...

JACKSON, Mississippi -- Richard Gerald Jordan is the oldest inmate on Mississippi's death row at 68. He is also the longest serving death row inmate at 37 years. Jordan was convicted of capital murder ...

Mississippi has executed a Vietnam combat veteran for murdering a stay-at-home mother of two sons in a failed attempt to flee with ransom money. Richard Gerald Jordan, the state's oldest death row ...

On Thursday, the Mississippi Supreme Court denied Richard Gerald Jordan’s motion for rehearing on the order setting his execution date.