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Members of the Martha’s Vineyard chapter of Disrupt Death Row were excited and happy to hear that the Shelby County Criminal Court in Tennessee ordered death row inmate Pervis Payne to be sentenced to concurrent life sentences on Monday, according to a press release. This is a reduced sentence from the two life sentences he […]
Judge Paula Skahan signed an order Tuesday vacating Pervis Payne's capital sentence, meaning he will serve two life sentences.
On Thursday, the Shelby County district attorney general, Amy Weirich, announced her decision to stop pursuing the death penalty against Tenessee death row inmate Pervis Payne, a case that’s drawn the attention of Island activists. The given reason was that state experts examined Payne and available records, “and could not say that Payne’s intellectual functioning […]
Judge Paula Skahan signed an order Tuesday vacating Pervis Payne's capital sentence, meaning he will serve two life sentences.