NAACP, lawmakers and clergy urge Weirich to test DNA in Pervis Payne case

By , Daily Memphian Updated: August 31, 2020 5:15 PM CT | Published: August 31, 2020 4:32 PM CT
<strong>Van Turner, first vice president for the Memphis chapter of the NAACP, speaks at a press conference urging Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich to test the DNA in the 1987 murder case of Pervis Payne. Payne, a black man with an intellectual disability, was convicted of killing a woman and her daughter. Payne, who&nbsp; maintains his innocence, is scheduled for execution on Dec. 3.</strong> (Houston Cofield/Special to the Daily Memphian)

Van Turner, first vice president for the Memphis chapter of the NAACP, speaks at a press conference urging Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich to test the DNA in the 1987 murder case of Pervis Payne. Payne, a black man with an intellectual disability, was convicted of killing a woman and her daughter. Payne, who maintains his innocence, is scheduled for execution on Dec. 3. (Houston Cofield/Special to the Daily Memphian)

The NAACP, lawmakers, clergy and criminal justice advocates urge Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich to test DNA evidence in the Pervis Payne case. 

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Pervis Tyrone Payne Amy Weirich Van Turner NAACP Memphis Branch DNA testing
Yolanda Jones

Yolanda Jones

Yolanda Jones covers criminal justice issues and general assignment news for The Daily Memphian. She previously was a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.

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