Richard Gerald Jordan, Mississippi’s longest-tenured death row inmate, filed court documents asking for post-conviction relief and/or to have his death sentence vacated.
Jordan’s representation is citing decisions in other cases, Howell v. Mississippi and Ronk v. Mississippi.
Jordan’s representation argues the death penalty was not a constitutionally viable punishment back in 1976, which is when officials say heThe court document filed on November 13 says, “The date of Jordan’s offense was January 12, 1976. That date matters because a person convicted should be sentenced pursuant to the statute existing on the date of his offense to avoid an ex post facto problem.”
Jordan is being held at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. Jordan, 78, has been granted a retrial four times since 1976. All four times, he was convicted and received the death sentence. Mississippi Supreme Court denies appeal for death row inmate sentenced in 1976 for killing Gulfport banker’s wife14-year-old boy sought in connection with deadly Arcturus Lane shooting turns himself inFederal Reserve official says Central Bank is not influenced by politics
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