Efforts to Save Pervis Payne from Execution Gain National Attention

The case of death row inmate Pervis Payne is garnering nationwide interest, from celebrities to TikTok users, the Commercial Appeal reports.

Clemency Efforts for Pervis Payne Gain Widespread Support as ...

Clemency efforts on behalf of Tennessee death-row prisoner Pervis Payne (pictured) are surging, as a petition on his behalf by The Innocence ...

8 Things You Need to Know About Pervis Payne - Innocence Project

Payne is a person with intellectual disability and therefore cannot be executed. The result of the D.A.'s concession is that Mr. Payne will need to be re- ...

Demand Justice for Pervis Payne - Bend the Arc: Jewish Action

Bend the Arc leaders in Memphis are asking supporters across the country to join their campaign to stop the unjust execution of Pervis Payne.

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The movement to keep Pervis Payne off death row gains momentum

Scheduled for an execution on Dec. 3, Payne was granted a reprieve due to COVID-19 until April 9 by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee. Now, as legislators ...

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Payne's attorneys described the results as “consistent with Pervis Payne's long-standing claim of innocence.” In April, the Tennessee ...

The Death Penalty - No Small Endeavor

The increasingly nationally known case of Pervis Payne, now on death row for more than 30 years in Tennessee, provides a microcosm of the issues that trouble ...

Can TikTok save a man from execution? The viral campaign to save ...

Pervis Payne, 54, has been on death row since 1988, when he was convicted of murdering Charisse Christopher and her two-year-old daughter. In ...

He Is Black. The Victims Were White. 'It's an Allegation as Old as ...

“You need to get behind this movement of Pervis Payne,” urged Charles Steele Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference ...

Lawyers for death row inmate Pervis Payne seek to halt Dec. 3 ...

Payne, 53, is scheduled to die in Tennessee's execution chamber for the 1987 murders of Charisse Christopher and her 2-year-old daughter, ...

Tennessee judge vacates death sentences for man found to be ...

Pervis Payne's lawyers had filed a petition claiming he is intellectually disabled. He now faces two life sentences.

“Making The Case” Analyzes the Case of Pervis Payne, Who Is on ...

Each week, “Making the Case” tells the stories of people living on death row. In Tennessee, Pervis Payne has been on death row for over ...

Appeals court agrees that a former Tennessee death row inmate can ...

The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals decided Wednesday that Shelby County Judge Paula Skahan properly ruled in January 2022 that Pervis Payne ...

Tennessee Death Row Inmate Seeks DNA Testing, Says It Will ...

Pervis Payne is set to be executed on December 3 for the 1987 ... Gaetz Could Get Confirmed Without the Senate: How Recess Appointments Work ...

Pervis Payne supporters to hold rally at I Am a Man Plaza Saturday ...

Payne is set to be executed December 3. However, there is a team of people that maintains he is innocent. Church of God in Christ Board Member ...

Pervis Payne Has Been on Death Row for 33 Years

Though it's unconstitutional to execute someone with an intellectual disability, Tennessee currently has no mechanism for Mr. Payne to present his intellectual ...

Pervis Payne's death penalty sentence officially removed | News

Payne's execution was delayed while his lawyers attempted to prove his innocence, but DNA tests and arguments by the defense failed to exonerate ...

Activists Gear Up As Court Weighs Whether Pervis Payne Should Be ...

Activists Gear Up As Court Weighs Whether Pervis Payne Should Be Spared From Execution ... Dr. Charles Steele Jr. delivers an impassioned speech ...

Death Penalty Hits Historic Lows Despite Federal Execution Spree

Death Penalty Information Center. 17. Growing National Attention to Issues of Innocence, Race ... Harold Nichols on July 17 and Pervis Payne on November 6.