US EditionMississippi set to execute state’s longest-serving death row inmate
- Mississippi plans to execute Richard Gerald Jordan, its longest-serving death row inmate, on June 25 at the Mississippi State Penitentiary.
- The execution follows a series of legal rulings including the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court upholding a decision to proceed despite pending petitions and clemency requests.
- Jordan was convicted and sentenced to death for kidnapping and fatally shooting Edwina Marter while demanding $25,000 ransom in Harrison County.
- The state will use a three-drug lethal injection protocol including midazolam, and courts ordered the execution pause if Jordan remains conscious after a 500 mg dose of midazolam.
- The execution's outcome may influence future lethal injection protocols amid concerns over pain and constitutional challenges, while opponents continue calls to halt the procedure.
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Idaho Press
Mississippi is set to execute the state's longest-serving death row inmate
Vietnam veteran Richard Gerald Jordan is set to be executed in Mississippi nearly 50 years after being sentenced to death. Jordan is scheduled to be executed Wednesday for murdering a woman in a kidnapping and ransom scheme in 1976. He…
Mississippi Set to Execute Richard Gerald Jordan for 1976 Murder
Vietnam veteran Richard Gerald Jordan is set to be executed in Mississippi nearly 50 years after being sentenced to death. Jordan is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday for murdering a woman in a kidnapping and ransom scheme in 1976. The post Mississippi Is Set to Execute Richard Gerald Jordan Tonight for 1976 Murder appeared first on Mississippi Free Press.
Daily Journal
Governor won’t stop execution of Mississippi’s longest-serving death row inmate
Gov. Tate Reeves says will not block the execution of Mississippi’s oldest and longest-serving inmate, which is set for Wednesday evening.
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