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‘She was loved and needed’: Family reacts after execution of Richard Jordan at Parchman
The family of Edwina Marter issued two statements Wednesday following the execution of Richard Jordan, who was convicted of ...
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, ...
Cold-blooded killer or traumatized Vietnam vet? Inmate's psyche debated ahead of execution
Richard Jordan is set to be executed in Mississippi on Wednesday, 49 years after he kidnapped and killed Edwina Marter, a ...
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Victim's family speaks out after killer is executed 49 years later
The state's longest-serving death row inmate, 79-year-old Richard Jordan, was executed by lethal injection for his crimes.
Why did it take so long for MS to set Richard Jordan's execution date? We have answers
Why Mississippi prisoner Richard Jordan sentenced to death four times, and why it took decades to set an execution date for a ...
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Victim's family speaks out on Richard Jordan Mississippi execution - The Clarion-Ledger
Richard Jordan, convicted of kidnapping and murdering Edwina Marter nearly 50 years ago, is scheduled for execution. Eric Marter reflects on how his life would have been different if his mother ...
Mississippi executes man on death row for nearly 50 years
The longest-serving death row inmate in Mississippi's history, Richard Jordan, was executed Wednesday evening at the ...
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‘I don’t want him to get what he wants,’ says murder victim’s son of killer
Once she did, Jordan took her and left her younger son unarmed. He had her drive to the DeSoto National Forest where he shot ...