Richard Gerald Jordan apologized to his victim's family and pleaded for forgiveness from his wife in his final statement as the 79-year-old was executed in Mississippi on Wednesday night, June 25.

If the execution is not halted, prayerful protest vigils will start Wednesday at 4:45 p.m. in front of the Governor's Mansion and at 5 p.m. at the Mississippi State Penitentiary also known as Parchman Farm, according to a press release shared by Death Penalty Action to the Clarion Ledger.

Mississippi is set to carry out its 20th execution by lethal injection as Richard Jordan, who's sat on death row for 48 years, faces death this week.