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Mississippi death row inmate appeals sentence to U.S. Supreme Court

HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - Richard Gerald Jordan, Mississippi’s longest-tenured death row inmate, filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court. Jordan, now 78 years old, wants the high court to review a decision from the Mississippi Supreme Court where he was denied a rehearing.

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Brittany Holberg, inmate on Texas death row for 27 years, has her conviction tossed by federal appeals court

A federal appeals court tossed Brittany Holberg's death sentence after it found that prosecutors failed to reveal that their primary trial witness was a paid informant.

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Death row inmate appeals to U.S. Supreme Court

The death row inmate convicted of killing a Gulfport banker’s wife back in 1976 is now appealing his sentence to the U.S. Supreme Court. Seventy-eight-year-old Richard Jordan is appealing the Mississippi Supreme Court’s decision late last year to deny a rehearing in his case.

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Mississippi's oldest prisoner on death row seeks relief from U.S. Supreme Court

Richard Jordan has been on Mississippi's death row for 47 years. He is now asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review his case.

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Here’s how people on death row meet their ends in each state

As South Carolina prepares to execute a man by firing squad on Friday, here are the ways each state conducts capital punishment.

Man who requested rare gruesome execution method not used for 15 years set to be killed today

US inmate Brad Sigmon is set to be executed by firing squad for the first time in 15 years today (7 March) should his ...

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Mississippi's longest-tenured death row inmate appeals sentence to U.S. Supreme Court

Here's the latest forecast. Mason Fields, an 8th grader from Biloxi, will be the only kid to represent Mississippi at Team USA flag football trials.

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