Pervis Payne resentencing centers on consecutive or concurrent life sentences
Pervis Payne sits next to his attorney Kelley Henry while in Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Paula Skahan's courtroom July 16, 2021. Payne, 54, has been on death row since 1988 for the murders of Charisse Christopher and her 2-year-old daughter Lacie, as well as the stabbing of Christopher’s young son. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The Monday, Dec. 13, resentencing in Shelby County Criminal Court comes after prosecutors took the death penalty off the table in a retrial for a 1987 double murder in Millington. At stake is whether the life sentences will run consecutively or concurrently. If concurrently, Payne would be eligible for parole.
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Bill Dries
Bill Dries covers city government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.
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