{"id":2452270,"date":"2025-06-26T10:15:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T14:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mississippi-executes-man-who-has-been-on-death-row-for-nearly-50-years\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T10:16:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T14:16:58","slug":"mississippi-executes-man-who-has-been-on-death-row-for-nearly-50-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mississippi-executes-man-who-has-been-on-death-row-for-nearly-50-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi executes man who has been on death row for nearly 50 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmississippi-executes-man-who-has-been-on-death-row-for-nearly-50-years%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2452270&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79-year-old man, was executed by lethal injection in Mississippi on Wednesday for the 1976 kidnapping and murder of Edwina Marter, the wife of a bank loan officer.Jordan devised a ransom scheme, kidnapping Edwina and demanding $25,000 from her husband, falsely claiming she was still alive when he had already killed her. <\/p>\n<p>Jordan,a Vietnam War veteran,had received a death sentence in 1976 but postponed his execution through various appeals. Before his execution, he expressed gratitude for the humane process and apologized to the victim&#8217;s family. his last words were a farewell to his loved ones. edwina Marter&#8217;s family issued a statement highlighting that nothing would bring back their loved one and expressed their lasting grief over the loss caused by Jordan&#8217;s actions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Mississippi executes man who has been on death row for nearly 50 years<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2158127\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-commuting-his-sentence-ca-gov-newsom-reverses-parole-for-convicted-double-murderer\/\" title=\"After Commuting His Sentence, CA Gov. Newsom Reverses Parole For Convicted Double Murderer\">man found guilty<\/a> of murdering a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >bank loan officer&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s wife in 1976 was executed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mississippi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mississippi<\/a> on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, was executed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2839388\/south-carolina-looks-resume-three-popular-execution-methods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">lethal injection<\/a>. He was convicted of kidnapping and murdering Edwina Marter as part of a ransom scheme to get tens of thousands of dollars from Charles Marter, a loan officer at Gulf National Bank in Gulfport, Mississippi, according to the <em>Associated Press<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3454344\/doj-sues-california-county-registrar-over-noncitizen-voter-records\/\">DOJ sues California county registrar over noncitizen voter records<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3454076\/ice-detention-looms-abrego-garcia-case\/\">ICE detention looms as judge urges DOJ and DHS to coordinate in Abrego Garcia case<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3454222\/anti-israel-colorado-terrorist-attack-suspect-charged-hate-crimes\/\">Anti-Israel Colorado terrorist attack suspect charged with hate crimes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Information about the case, documented in the Mississippi Supreme Court records, reportedly revealed the gruesome <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/execution-mississippi-richard-gerald-jordan-lethal-injection-vietnam-d20dea8a614d65dd01a771abd0ae95e0?taid=685c890ae7410200016bd4c4&amp;utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&amp;utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_source=Twitter\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">details<\/a> of Jordan&rsquo;s plot and subsequent murder of Marter. In January 1976, he telephoned the bank seeking to speak with any loan officer. When he was told that an available loan officer was named Charles Marter, Jordan disconnected the call and then sought Marter&rsquo;s home address by searching through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mississippi-executes-man-who-has-been-on-death-row-for-nearly-50-years-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... who has been on death row for nearly 50 years - Washington Examiner\">local telephone book<\/a>. He then went to their house and kidnapped his wife, Edwina.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jordan then took her to a nearby forest and shot and killed her. He then called her husband seeking $25,000 in ransom for her life, falsely telling Charles that his wife was still alive at the time, according to the <em>Associated Press.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jordan, a veteran of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vietnam-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Vietnam War<\/a>, was sentenced to death in 1976. Through appeals and lawsuits, he postponed his execution. He issued a brief statement before he was executed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;First, I would like to thank everyone for a humane way of doing this,&rdquo; Jordan said. &ldquo;I want to apologize to the victim&rsquo;s family.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He then expressed gratitude to his wife and lawyer and pleaded for forgiveness, the <em>Associated Press <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I will see you on the other side, all of you,&rdquo; were reportedly Jordan&rsquo;s last words.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan was given the first dosage of his lethal injection at 6 p.m. local time, according to reports. He was <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/execution-mississippi-richard-gerald-jordan-lethal-injection-vietnam-d20dea8a614d65dd01a771abd0ae95e0?taid=685c890ae7410200016bd4c4&amp;utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&amp;utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_source=Twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pronounced<\/a> dead at 6:16 p.m. at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3434519\/who-is-zohran-mamdani-socialist-candidate-eric-adams-nyc-mayor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WHO IS ZOHRAN MAMDANI, THE SOCIALIST CANDIDATE CHALLENGING ERIC ADAMS TO BE NYC MAYOR?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After Jordan&rsquo;s execution, Keith Degruy, a spokesman for the Marter family, provided a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nothing will bring back our mom, sister, and our friend,&rdquo; read Degruy&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/execution-mississippi-richard-gerald-jordan-lethal-injection-vietnam-d20dea8a614d65dd01a771abd0ae95e0?taid=685c890ae7410200016bd4c4&amp;utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&amp;utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_source=Twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a>. &ldquo;Nothing can ever change what Jordan took from us 49 years ago. Jordan tried desperately to change his ruling so he can simply die in prison. We never had an option.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2158127\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2158127\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mississippi executes man on death row for nearly 50 years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2452271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Mississippi-Execution.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33010,33571,8123,41877,6632],"class_list":["post-2452270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-criminal-justice","tag-death-penalty","tag-execution","tag-justice-reform","tag-mississippi"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Mississippi-Execution.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452270"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2452274,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452270\/revisions\/2452274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2452271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}