Attorneys for Mississippi's Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate File New Motions to Vacate Sentence

Attorneys for Mississippi's longest-serving death row inmate file new motions to vacate sentence | News Channel 3-12

By Erin Pickens Click here for updates on this story     JACKSON, Miss. (WAPT) — Attorneys representing Mississippi’s longest-serving death row inmate filed new motions Thursday before the Mississippi Supreme Court. The move comes two weeks after the Court set an execution date for Richard Jordan, who will turn 79 on May 25. His attorneys want the Court to rehear his case and vacate his death sentence, or send the issue to a circuit court. He wa…

Attorneys for Mississippi's longest-serving death row inmate file new motions to vacate sentence

By Erin Pickens Click here for updates on this story     JACKSON, Miss. (WAPT) — Attorneys representing Mississippi’s longest-serving death row inmate filed new motions Thursday before the Mississippi Supreme Court. The move comes two weeks after the Court set an execution date for Richard Jordan, who will turn 79 on May 25. His attorneys want the Court to rehear his case and vacate his death sentence, or send the issue to a circuit court. He wa…

Attorneys for Mississippi death row inmate, 78, file new motions to vacate sentence

Attorneys for Mississippi's longest-serving death row inmate filed two new motions Thursday