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 […]
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 […]
A group of UMass Chan Medical School students, known as Rural Health Scholars, studied ways to support the Island’s young people in overall well-being and in educational and occupational endeavors. UMass doctor of nursing practice students David Runyan and Gianna DiPinto and medical students Bian Nickley, Read Allen, Erin Johnson, Sabine Shaughnessy, Danielle Heims-Waldren, and […]
In Pursuit With John Walsh: Adarus Black and Michael Pratt Case 1: Adarus Black Place: Akron, Ohio Date: June 14, 2020 Na'kia Crawford was only eighteen years old when she was gunned down in a drive by shooting. She was in her car, sitting at a stoplight, when it was shot at, leading to her tragic death.