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Richard Jordan executed for MS kidnapping, murder committed nearly 50 years ago
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, ...
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Richard Jordan execution in Mississippi is a go, appellate court says - For The Win
Mississippi prisoner Richard Gerald Jordan was dealt another blow in his last-minute effort to stop his execution, set for Wednesday, June 25. On Tuesday afternoon, June 24, ...
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Richard Jordan execution in Mississippi is a go, appellate court says - The Clarion-Ledger
Mississippi prisoner Richard Gerald Jordan was dealt another blow in his last-minute effort to stop his execution, set for Wednesday, June 25. On Tuesday afternoon, June 24, ...
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Richard Gerald Jordan: Mississippi executes the state’s longest-serving death row inmate | CNN - CNN International
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 ...
Gov. Reeves, Court of Appeals reject last-minute petitions from Richard Gerald Jordan
On Tuesday, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court decision allowing Richard Gerald Jordan’s June 25 ...