There are 3 article(s) tagged Pervis Tyrone Payne:

• September 2020

  • Ruling expected Sept. 16 in Pervis Payne DNA case

    Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Paula Skahan is expected to rule Sept. 16 whether DNA testing in the Pervis Payne murder case can be conducted. 

    By Yolanda Jones September 03, 2020

• August 2020

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

    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. 

    By Yolanda Jones August 31, 2020

• September 2019

  • Attorney General seeks execution dates for nine, including two Memphis men

    The Tennessee Attorney General is asking the Supreme Court to set executions for nine people, including two Memphis men convicted of multiple murders. But the move will run into opposition from a federal public defender who called the situation a “request for mass executions.”

    By Sam Stockard September 25, 2019