Richard Jordan, aged 79, is due to be executed in Mississippi on 25 June 2025. He was convicted of the murder of a woman in 1976. His death sentence has been reversed three times for constitutional errors. A strong claim that pursuit of his fourth death sentence was driven by unconstitutional prosecutorial vindictiveness remains unreviewed on the merits. Experts have concluded that Richard Jordan did not receive a competent assessment for combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder for his 1998 resentencing, and that he has had this disorder since his military service in Vietnam. The Governor should commute this death sentence.
