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

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

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

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

For the past five years, no more than 24 executions occurred annually — but 2025 is already near that mark, with more ...

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 ...

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.

Mississippi death row inmate Richard Jordan will eat his last meal at 4 p.m. ahead of his execution Wednesday, June 25.

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 ...