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Lawyers for the daughter of a man executed by Tennessee have asked a state appeals court to permit DNA testing that could prove his innocence.
In a virtual hearing before the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals on February 3, 2021 (see picture), former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement urged the court to order DNA testing that, he argued, could exonerate Sedley Alley. Alley, who was executed in 2006, had been convicted of rape and murder in the death of 19-year-old Marine Lance Cpl. Suzanne Collins in a park near a Marine base in Millington, Tennessee in 1985.
With the assistance of the Innocence Project, Alley’s daughter April had petitioned the Shelby County Criminal Court in 2019 under the Tennessee DNA Analysis requesting DNA testing of physical evidence in the case. She made the request on behalf of her father’s estate after the Innocence Project had received a tip from law enforcement that a suspected serial killer arrested in an unrelated murder had attended classes w
The Investigators: Concerns over non-diverse jury may continue to delay Shelby County trials
The Investigators: Shelby County courtroom crisis pt. 2 By Jessica Jaglois | February 6, 2021 at 12:08 PM CST - Updated February 6 at 12:35 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - No jury trials have been held in Shelby County since early last year. There are constitutional concerns that come with delaying justice for victims and the accused, but court officials also worry about the potential make up and impact of juries moving forward.
The Tennessee Supreme Court stopped jury trials statewide last March, saying it was too risky to have the dozens of people needed for a jury trial in one courtroom during the pandemic.
Lawyers for Tennessee death-row prisoner Pervis Payne say DNA testing in his 30-year-old casepoints to an “unknown male” and excludes Payne as the person…
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