A Georgia man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for attempting to coerce a Mississippi minor to send sexually explicit ...

A Clarion Ledger reporter recounts what it was like to witness Mississippi’s execution of Richard Jordan, who spent nearly 50 ...

Mississippi has executed the longest-serving man on its death row nearly 50 years after he was convicted of murder.

The South Mississippi Correctional Institution in Leakesville became the state's third prison to open a new chapel for its ...

The longest-serving death row inmate in Mississippi's history, Richard Jordan, was executed Wednesday evening at the ...

Mississippi has 37 death row inmates and all but one are men. Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, is the longest-serving death row ...

Those executed included Thomas Gudinas, whose mental illness was shaped by his abusive upbringing and neglect, and Richard ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Several new Mississippi laws are in effect as of July 1, 2025. These are laws that were passed during the 2025 Legislative Session. The changes range from eliminating state ...

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

Richard Jordan, who spent 48 years on Mississippi’s death row, received an execution by lethal injection at the state ...

Over the last three years, book clubs, sponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council and hosted at several MDOC prisons, ...

For the past five years, no more than 24 executions occurred annually — but 2025 is already near that mark, with more ...