Mississippi Executes Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate After 50 Years
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Richard Jordan, Mississippi's longest-serving death row inmate, was executed by lethal injection after nearly five decades for a 1976 kidnapping and murder, ending a lengthy legal process amid debates over mental health and justice.
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