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Vietnam veteran executed in Mississippi after nearly 50 years on death row for 1976 murder

After four trials, 79-year-old Richard Gerald Jordan was executed in Mississippi for the 1976 murder of Edwina Marter, a mother of two young children.

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Mississippi executes Vietnam veteran Richard Jordan for murder of stay-at-home mom of 2

Jordan's execution came decades after he kidnapped and killed 35-year-old Edwina Marter, who was shot in the back of the head on Jan. 12, 1976.

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Mississippi executes Richard Jordan

Richard Jordan, Mississippi’s longest serving and oldest death row inmate, died by lethal injection Wednesday evening at the Mississippi State Penitentiary nearly 50 years after he kidnapped and murdered Edwina Marter.

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Richard Jordan executed for MS kidnapping, murder committed nearly 50 years ago

For those who have waited decades for the state to carry out the death sentence Jordan first received in 1976, Jordan’s execution is long overdue. Jordan was sentenced to death for the Jan. 11, 1976, ...

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Victim's family speaks out after killer is executed 49 years later

The state's longest-serving death row inmate, 79-year-old Richard Jordan, was executed by lethal injection for his crimes.

Law enforcement, prosecutor relive 1976 murder of Edwina Marter ahead of Richard Gerald Jordan's execution

Richard Gerald Jordan has been through four jury trials, filed appeal after appeal and is still fighting his death sentence days before his execution.

Supreme Court denies relief for MS prisoner Richard Jordan, whose execution date looms

The Unites States Supreme Court did not give an explanation in saying would not hear the execution appeal of Richard Jordan ...

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