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Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state’s death row for 1976 killing
The longest-serving man on Mississippi’s death row was executed Wednesday, nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed ...
Mississippi executes Richard Jordan, state's longest-serving death row inmate, for 1976 murder
Mississippi has executed the longest-serving man on its death row nearly 50 years after he was convicted of murder.
Mentally disabled combat veterans should never get the death penalty
When contemplating the fate of veterans convicted of capital crime, it is important to bear in mind that combat-related brain ...
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Longest-serving Miss. death row inmate Richard Gerald Jordan thankful for 'humane' execution - New York Post
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 fo… ...
Executed this week in the US: A Florida inmate with severe mental illness, a Vietnam veteran in Mississippi with PTSD
Those executed included Thomas Gudinas, whose mental illness was shaped by his abusive upbringing and neglect, and Richard ...
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Richard Gerald Jordan: Man who was on death row in Mississippi for almost 50 years executed
A man who was on death row in Mississippi for almost 50 years has been executed. Richard Gerald Jordan kidnapped and killed Edwina Marter, a stay-at-home mother who was married to a banker, in a ...
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Mississippi set to execute state's longest-serving death row inmate
JACKSON, Miss. -- Mississippi’s longest-serving death row inmate is set to be executed Wednesday nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer’s wife in a violent ...