Statement from the Innocence Project and Pervis Payne’s Legal Team on DNA Testing Results
By Innocence Staff
Pervis Payne in Riverbend Maximum Security institution in Tennessee. (Image: Courtesy of PervisPayne.Org)
Today, the Innocence Project submitted results of DNA testing to the Shelby County Criminal Court in Pervis Payne’s case pursuant to the Court’s September 16, 2020 order for testing. Governor Lee has given Mr. Payne a reprieve of execution due to the COVID-19 pandemic until April 9, 2021 and his petition for clemency is currently pending. Mr. Payne is a person with an intellectual disability who has consistently asserted his innocence from the beginning.
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The Trump administration has has executed
Lisa M. Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, just days before the United States will swear in its first woman Vice President. Montgomery was the first woman to be executed by the U.S. in several decades.
Breaking News: The Trump administration executed Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row and the first woman executed by the U.S. in nearly 70 years. https://t.co/UlSTFVaXvM
Although federal appeals courts had put Montgomery’s execution on hold, the United States Supreme Court issued a series of brief, unsigned orders, that reversed the lower rulings and allowed the execution to take place.
MADISON, Wis.– A debate that’s gone on for nearly five decades is continuing into 2021, as a group of pro-life supporters marched around the Wisconsin State Capitol Saturday morning for the March for Life event.
The message coming from pro-life supporters hasn’t changed much in the 48 years since the United State Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade, but they hope this year might bring action in their favor.
“Pandemic or no pandemic, we are pro-life,” Pro-Life Wisconsin State Director Dan Miller said. “We would love to see legislation passed that ends abortion, legally and also, in the hearts and minds of moms and dads who are considering abortion.”
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Czech Republic Bans Cages for Hens
By Nicole Pallotta, Senior Policy Program Manager
December 28, 2020
Summary/intro
On November 13, 2020, the Czech Parliament approved a ban on the use of cages to confine hens used for their eggs or for breeding.
Michaela Šojdrová, a Czech Member of the European Parliament, wrote in a statement:
We strongly believe that all animals should be treated with respect to their natural needs. That is why we want to see hen cages banned as soon as possible across the whole of the EU. I warmly welcome the Czech government’s commitment to press for this.
Šojdrová noted that in October 2020, End the Cage Age a European Citizens’ Initiative calling for a prohibition on all cages in animal agriculture was signed by 1.4 million citizens from every EU member state and submitted to the European Commission.