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Petitions Calling for Pervis Payne to Be Taken Off Death Row Amass Over a Million Signatures
On 6/9/21 at 10:20 AM EDT
Petitions calling for Pervis Payne, a Tennessee death row inmate, to be granted clemency have amassed more than a million signatures.
Payne, who is Black, was sentenced to death for the 1987 killings of a white mother and daughter, but has always maintained his innocence.
The 54-year-old s case has been taken on by the Innocence Project, which says it bears all the hallmarks of a wrongful conviction due to racial bias and crucial missing evidence.
The nonprofit launched a petition calling on supporters to join Payne s fight for justice. It has amassed close to 750,000 signatures, at time of writing, towards a goal of a million. ....

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