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Innocence
,Intellectual Disability
,Race
,Upcoming Executions
,Nov 09, 2020
Citing COVID-19, Governor Grants Reprieve to Tennessee Death-Row Prisoner Pervis Payne
Citing the coronavirus pandemic, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has granted a temporary reprieve to death-row prisoner Pervis Payne, halting his scheduled December 3, 2020 execution. The execution was the last schedu…