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Nov 16, 2021 · Jordan is the oldest inmate on Death Row at Parchman and the longest serving inmate on Death Row (as calcuated from his original conviction date of March 2, 1977) according to the Mississippi...
Nov 26, 2023 · The longest-serving prisoner has been on death row for 46 years. Richard Gerald Jordan, who is 77, also is the state's oldest person on death row. Jordan was convicted for the 1976 kidnapping...
Jul 2, 2014 · JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Richard Gerald Jordan is the oldest inmate on Mississippi’s death row at 68. He is also the longest serving death row inmate at 37 years. Jordan was convicted of capital murder committed in the course of a kidnapping and was sentenced to death on four separate occasions.
Richard Gerald Jordan (born May 25, 1946) is an American man on death row in Mississippi for the 1976 murder of 34-year-old Edwina Marter, the wife of a bank executive. As of 2022, Jordan is the state's oldest and longest-serving death row inmate.
Aug 18, 2021 · Twenty years ago, Mississippi’s death row had 63 inmates. A decade ago, there were 57 inmates awaiting execution. Today, there are 37 condemned men and one condemned woman on...
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Aug 16, 2017 · Richard Gerald Jordan, who is the longest-standing person on death row in Mississippi, has filed fresh challenges to the state’s death penalty. Photo courtesy MDOC
Jun 16, 2022 · The average age of people currently on death row is 48.8, according to a review of Mississippi Department of Corrections data. Richard Jordan, who is 76, is the oldest and Terry Pitchford, 36, is the youngest on death row.
