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, ...

Richard Jordan is set to be executed in Mississippi on Wednesday, 49 years after he kidnapped and killed Edwina Marter, a stay-at-home mother of two.

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

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