A Clarion Ledger reporter recounts what it was like to witness Mississippi’s execution of Richard Jordan, who spent nearly 50 ...

How many people have been executed in Mississippi? How were their deaths conducted? How many women executed? Any notable ...

Richard Jordan, who spent 48 years on Mississippi’s death row, received an execution by lethal injection at the state ...

Jordan was sentenced to death in 1976 for kidnapping and killing a bank loan officer's wife in a violent ransom scheme.

Mississippi has executed the longest-serving man on its death row nearly 50 years after he was convicted of murder.

Mississippi is set to carry out its 20th execution by lethal injection as Richard Jordan, who's sat on death row for 48 years ...

Historically, Mississippi has used hanging, the gas chamber, the electric chair and lethal injection for executions. Mississippi has executed 374 people, including two before becoming a state in ...

Richard Jordan's hopes for a preliminary injunction that would stop his execution, at least temporarily, were dashed after a ...

In 1972, the Supreme Court placed a moratorium on executions. Before the moratorium, Mississippi executed 31 prisoners between 1955 and 1964, and all were men.

Historically, Mississippi has used hanging, the gas chamber, the electric chair and lethal injection for executions. Mississippi has executed 374 people, including two before becoming a state in ...

Historically, Mississippi has used hanging, the gas chamber, the electric chair and lethal injection for executions. Mississippi has executed 374 people, including two before becoming a state in ...

Historically, Mississippi has used hanging, the gas chamber, the electric chair and lethal injection for executions. Mississippi has executed 374 people, including two before becoming a state in ...