![]() ![]() Will you help us reach 1 million supporters? Add your name and share with 5 friends. Payne, who lives with an intellectual disability, was shocked by the bloody scene. Payne has always maintained his innocence and said that he was waiting for his girlfriend to return to her apartment in Millington, Tennessee, one afternoon in June 1987, when he discovered that her neighbor, Charisse Christopher, and her children had been brutally attacked. And testing of some evidence was completed and submitted to the court in January 2021 however, key pieces of evidence mysteriously went missing before testing could be done. Payne’s case that had never been tested before and could help prove his innocence. The Innocence Project joined Kelley Henry’s team at the Federal Public Defender’s Office in Nashville and the Milbank firm in filing a legal petition on Jfor DNA testing of evidence in Mr. Payne a temporary execution reprieve, which set to expire on April 9, 2021. Yet, despite having no prior criminal record and living with an intellectual disability, he was sentenced to death in Tennessee. Pervis Payne has maintained his innocence for more than 30 years. ET: Updates were made to reflect the latest facts. ![]()
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