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  2. List of people executed in Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Mississippi since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. Since 1976, 23 people convicted of capital murder have been executed by the state of Mississippi. Of the 23 people executed, 4 were executed via gas chamber and 19 via lethal injection. [1]

  3. Capital punishment in Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    Since 1985, six prisoners on death row in Mississippi have been released after their charges were dismissed or they were acquitted of the charges on appeal. [19] Lethal injection is currently the preferred method chosen by the state. The use of a firing squad was re-added to the state’s list of execution methods in 2017. [20]

  4. Mississippi State Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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    It also houses the male death row—all male offenders sentenced to death in Mississippi state courts are held in MSP's Unit 29—and the state execution chamber. The superintendent of Mississippi State Penitentiary is Marshall Turner. There are two wardens, three deputy wardens, and two associate wardens. [5]

  5. Mississippi Supreme Court affirms a death row inmate's ... - AOL

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    The Mississippi Supreme Court has affirmed the convictions and death sentences of a man in the killings of eight people, including his mother-in-law and a deputy sheriff, at three different crime ...

  6. What methods of execution on death row are still practiced in ...

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    Twenty-seven states have death penalty measures. From the electric chair to a firing squad, some states offer alternatives to lethal injection. What methods of execution on death row are still ...

  7. Former death row inmate in Mississippi to be resentenced to ...

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    A Mississippi judge in 2008 resentenced Neal under a state law that said an inmate must be be resentenced to life without parole if the death penalty is deemed unconstitutional.

  8. Richard Gerald Jordan - Wikipedia

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    Richard Gerald Jordan (born May 25, 1946 [1]) is an American man on death row in Mississippi for the 1976 murder of 34-year-old Edwina Marter, the wife of a bank executive. . As of 2022, Jordan is the state's oldest and longest-serving death row inma

  9. Mississippi Department of Corrections - Wikipedia

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    Male death row inmates transferred from county jails immediately are sent to the Mississippi State Penitentiary, the location of the male death row. [20] Each prisoner receives a security classification. The classifications are: [16] Minimum (Community) Minimum (Non-Community) Medium; Close; Death Row