US EditionMississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state’s death row for 1976 killing
MISSISSIPPI, JUN 25 – Richard Gerald Jordan was executed after nearly 50 years on death row for kidnapping and murdering Edwina Marter in a $25,000 ransom scheme, marking Mississippi's first execution in three years.
- At Mississippi State Penitentiary, Richard Gerald Jordan, the state's longest-serving death row inmate, was executed by lethal injection Wednesday at 6:16 p.m.
- Back in 1976, Jordan kidnapped and murdered Edwina Marter, with legal appeals citing his PTSD from Vietnam that was never presented to juries.
- This marked Mississippi's third execution in a decade and the first since December 2022, highlighting its rarity compared to states like Florida with seven this year.
- Victim’s son Eric Marter called the execution long overdue, emphasizing justice was driven by greed, not trauma, and should have happened years ago.
- Beyond Mississippi, Jordan's execution highlights ongoing debates over the death penalty and how the justice system treats veterans with PTSD, impacting broader discussions on justice and rehabilitation.
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Justice Served as 80 Year Old Man in Prison for 50 Years Put to Death
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At 18.16 this Wednesday (local time), Richard Jordan received a lethal injection in the Mississippi State Penitentiary that killed him. He was 79 years old. Of them, almost half a century had been spent on death row. Jordan, a Vietnam veteran, had been sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder in 1979 of a 34-year-old woman and was the longest-standing prisoner awaiting execution, according to information from the correctional department …
Richard Gerald Jordan, Vietnam War Veteran, was on death row in Mississippi for almost 50 years for the crime of a woman
He was the longest-serving death row inmate in the US state of Mississippi, but Richard Jordan (79) was finally executed on Wednesday after almost 50 years. The American was sentenced to death for kidnapping and murdering the wife of a bank employee.
Longest-serving death row inmate executed as he utters chilling final words
THE longest-serving death row inmate uttered a chilling set of last words with his dying breath. Richard Jordan, 79, spent almost five decades waiting to die – and was finally killed by lethal injection on Wednesday. AFPRichard Jordan, 79, was executed after almost five decades on death row[/caption] HandoutJordan kidnapped and murdered Edwina Marter after speaking to her husband on the phone[/caption] GettyJordan was strapped to a bed and admin…
(AFP) A man sentenced to death for a murder committed in 1976 and who spent almost half a century on death row was executed on Wednesday with lethal injection in Mississippi. Read more]]>
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