Mississippi executes Richard Jordan, state’s longest-serving death row inmate, for 1976 murder

Richard Gerald Jordan, the longest-serving inmate on Mississippi’s death row, was executed by lethal injection at age 79 for the 1976 kidnapping and murder of Edwina Marter. Despite his claims of PTSD from Vietnam and a lengthy appeals process, the U.S. Supreme Court denied his final appeals, leading to his execution after nearly five decades.

Explain It To Me Like I’m 5: The longest-serving man on Mississippi’s death row, Richard Gerald Jordan, was executed for kidnapping and killing a woman nearly 50 years ago, despite his claims of suffering from PTSD after serving in the Vietnam War.

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