Those executed included Thomas Gudinas, whose mental illness was shaped by his abusive upbringing and neglect, and Richard ...

The family of Edwina Marter issued two statements Wednesday following the execution of Richard Jordan, who was convicted of ...

Prison officials served death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith his last meal Wednesday night, about 16 hours before he's scheduled to die by lethal injection. Smith, 75, requested hotdogs, tater ...

By Crystal Tisme Click here for updates on this story PARCHMAN, Mississippi (WAPT) -- Mississippi held a state-sanctioned execution ...

Richard Jordan, Mississippi’s longest serving and oldest death row inmate, died by lethal injection Wednesday evening at the ...

Nearly five decades after being convicted of murder, a Mississippi man got executed. Can that happen in NJ, PA?

Mississippi carried out the execution of Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran who had spent nearly five ...

Vietnam veteran Richard Gerald Jordan is set to be executed in Mississippi nearly 50 years after being sentenced to death.

The Rev. Jeff Hood has witnessed 11 executions: four in Oklahoma, three in Alabama, two in Texas, one in Missouri and one in ...

The convicted murderer, a Vietnam War veteran, was sentenced to death in 1976 for kidnapping and murdering the wife of a bank ...

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