Two years later, in 1977, Jordan was again convicted and sentenced to die. That sentence was upheld but Jordan was granted ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday decided to consider a case in which a Rastafarian inmate is suing intake officers for shaving his dreadlocks in violation ...

The Unites States Supreme Court did not give an explanation in saying would not hear the execution appeal of Richard Jordan of Mississippi.

Since 2000, at least seven people have been exonerated after courts found serious flaws associated with a theory called "bite ...

U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate denied Jordan's motion for a preliminary injunction while Jordan continues to challenge ...

A Mississippi teenager has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after being convicted of ...

Orlando May was found guilty of capital murder in the shooting death of USM football player MJ Daniels. The charge comes with an automatic life sentence.

Neither I ..nor the jury or anyone else put Richard Gerald Jordan where he is today,” former Gulfport prosecutor and attorney, Joe Sam Owen, said. “He did it himself. He wants life without parole. He ...

Mississippi prisoner Richard Gerald Jordan is hoping for relief from federal courts or clemency from Gov. Tate Reeves to stop ...

On Wednesday, a group of prison reform advocates gathered virtually to speak out against the death penalty in Mississippi.

As a Mississippi death row inmate awaits his fate amid his upcoming execution next week, some wonder how often pardons and ...