Pervis

Dr. Charles Steele Jr. delivers a passionate speech in support of Pervis Payne's allegation of innocence ahead of a hearing in Memphis.Tasha LemleyWPLN newsA man who has been on Tennessee death row for more than 30 years recently witnessed…

Believers, civil rights, lawyers and legislators urge DA Weirich to agree that Mr. Payne is a person with intellectual disabilities. After Governor Lee signed largely bipartisan legislation to fill a loophole in Tennessee law…

After the governor's signing of the new law, Pervis Payne, a death row inmate with convincing evidence of innocence, files a motion to see his intellectual disability claim Faith, Civil Rights, Justice, and Legislative leaders urge DA…

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