Tennessee governor gives temporary reprieve to death-row inmate cruxnow.com
A Tennessee death-row inmate scheduled to be executed Dec. 3 was granted a reprieve until April 9 by the state’s Republican governor, due to COVID-19.
In a Nov. 6 statement, Gov. Bill Lee said the reprieve for Pervis Payne, who has been on death row since 1988, was granted “due to the challenges and disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,” but he did not give any more details…
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