Man facing lethal injection plans to ask Supreme Court for re-hearing

October 2, 2024

WXXV Staff,

Dimsapnews — This undated photo provided by the Mississippi Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Richard Gerald Jordan. (Mississippi Department of Corrections via AP)

The defense team for a man facing the death sentence for the 1976 capital murder of a Coast banker’s wife has asked for an extension to file for a rehearing of his appeal.

Jordan was convicted in the 1976 kidnapping and murder of Edwina Marter, the wife of a Gulf National Bank loan officer.

Richard Gerald Jordan is asking the court for a 30-day extension to file a motion for a rehearing.

The high court denied his latest appeal Tuesday, which was followed by Attorney General Lynn Fitch filing papers to ask the Supreme Court to set an execution date.

Mississippi uses lethal injection.

The rehearing is expected to center on the Supreme Court not applying a 2017 U.S. Supreme Court ruling dealing with independent mental health experts.

Jordan wanted a separate psychiatric expert, rather than the court-appointed expert who provided findings to prosecution and defense.