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pervis payne’s reprieve expires tomorrow. more info in thread !!!
pervis payne’s reprieve expires tomorrow. more info in thread !!!
for those who don’t know, a reprieve is a cancellation or postponement of a punishment, usually someone condemned to death.
pervis payne is an innocent black man on death row with an intellectual disability. it is illegal to execute him due to a case in which the supreme court of the united states ruled that executing people with intellectual disabilities violates the eighth amendment’s ban on
cruel and unusual punishments. ( -wikipedia )
he has been on death row in tennesee for thirty two years despite evidence from his case not being tested for dna.
he was accused of the 1987 murder of charisse christopher and her daughter. he has maintained his innocence for
he has been on death row in tennesee for thirty two years despite evidence from his case not being tested for dna.
he was accused of the 1987 murder of charisse christopher and her daughter. he has maintained his innocence for
thirty two years and yet is still set to be executed despite having no criminal record and an intellectual disibility.
during the investigation of the crime, payne was unfairly targeted. the police focused mainly on payne rather than following other leads in the case ( innocence project ). prosecutors argued that payne committed the murders after being rejected for sex while on drugs, but payne
had no history of drug use, no criminal record as stated earlier, and was widely regarded as a kind person. payne’s attorney, kelley henry, notes that payne ‘ was convicted after the prosecution played upon racial fears and stereotypes about black men taking drugs and looking for
white women to sexually assault ‘. (innocence project )
( dont donate to change, they dont put profits towards the cause ) https://www.change.org/p/take-pervis-payne-off-of-death-row
a call sheet !!! ( dont forget to press one !!! )
