Published 10/01/2024 10:29:00 p.m.

Mississippi justices reject latest appeal from man on death row since 1976

Richard Gerald Jordan, now 78, was sentenced to death in 1976 for kidnapping and killing Edwina Marter in Harrison County.
The Mississippi Supreme Court unanimously denied Jordan's latest appeal, marking him as the oldest inmate on the state's death row.
Krissy Nobile, Jordan’s attorney, claims the justices erred in not applying a relevant U.S. Supreme Court ruling regarding independent mental health experts.

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Mississippi justices reject latest appeal from man on death row since 1976

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.

10/01/2024 6:28:29 p.m.·United States

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Mississippi justices reject latest appeal from man on death row since 1976

The Mississippi Supreme Court has denied the latest appeal from a man who has been on the state’s death row longer than any other inmate

10/01/2024 6:28:29 p.m.·United States

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Winnipeg Free Press

Mississippi justices reject latest appeal from man on death row since 1976

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.

10/01/2024 1:29:27 p.m.·Winnipeg, Canada

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WKMG

Mississippi asks court to set execution for man on death row since 1976

The Mississippi attorney general on Tuesday requested an execution date for the state's longest-serving death row inmate.Richard Gerald Jordan, now 78, was sentenced to death in 1976 for the kidnapping and killing of Edwina Marter earlier that year in Harrison County.The Mississippi Supreme Court rejected Jordan's latest appeal Tuesday, and Attorney General Lynn Fitch filed papers hours later asking the court to set a date for the lethal injecti…

10/01/2024 6:28:29 p.m.·Orlando, United States

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WAPT

Attorney General Lynn Fitch files motion to MS Supreme Court to set execution date for death row inmate

Richard Gerald Jordan, 78, has been on Mississippi's death row since 1977.

10/01/2024 11:44:00 p.m.·Jackson, United States

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U.S. News

Mississippi Justices Reject Latest Appeal From Man on Death Row Since 1976

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.

10/01/2024 10:29:00 p.m.·New York, United States

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