Summary
Mississippi executed Richard Gerald Jordan, the state's longest-serving death row inmate, for a crime he committed in 1976. Jordan was convicted of kidnapping and killing Edwina Marter as part of a ransom scheme. He was given a lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, marking the state's third execution in the last decade.
Key Facts
- Richard Gerald Jordan was executed on Wednesday by lethal injection.
- He was sentenced to death in 1976 for kidnapping and murdering Edwina Marter.
- Jordan was a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder.
- The U.S. Supreme Court denied Jordan's final appeals without comment.
- His execution began at 6 p.m., and the time of death was recorded at 6:16 p.m.
- Jordan had sued the state, arguing the execution method was inhumane.
- This execution was Mississippi's third in the last 10 years.
- Jordan was among 22 people sentenced in the 1970s who were still on death row.
