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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

On poverty, power and public policy

Author Archives: Joia Erin Thornton

Pervis Payne and the color of capital punishment in the South

by Joia Erin Thornton August 26, 2020October 6, 2020

Editor’s note: On Sept. 16, Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Paula Skahan ruled that DNA evidence can be tested in Pervis Payne’s case. Read a statement from the Innocence Project here. As we pursue justice and reform in southern states, the abolition of capital punishment must be at the forefront of the discussion. Far too […]

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