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FILE - This file photo provided by Tennessee Department of Correction shows Tennessee death row inmate Pervis Payne. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has granted a death row inmate a temporary reprieve from execution. Lee issued a short statement Friday afternoon Nov. 7, 2020 saying he is granting a reprieve to Pervis Payne until April 9 &quot;due to the challenges and disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic (Tennessee Department of Correction via AP, File)

Tennessee governor gives death row inmate temporary reprieve

By TRAVIS LOLLER - Associated Press

Tennessee death row inmate’s family awaits miracle DNA test

By KATHERINE BURGESS and The Commercial Appeal - Associated Press

Tennessee Black Caucus seeks clemency for death row inmate

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FILE - This file photo provided by Tennessee Department of Correction shows Tennessee death row inmate Pervis Payne. Payne on Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, asked the governor to commute his sentence to life in prison, or, at the very least, to postpone his execution until lawmakers can fix a loophole that prevents him from presenting evidence of intellectual disability to avoid execution. (Tennessee Department of Correction via AP, File)

Tennessee inmate who claims innocence asks for clemency

By TRAVIS LOLLER - Associated Press

FILE - This file photo provided by Tennessee Department of Correction shows Pervis Payne. Shelby County Judge Paula Skahan ruled Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in favor of attorneys for Payne, who had filed a petition in July requesting DNA testing in the long-running case. Payne, is scheduled to be executed on Dec. 3 in Nashville. (Tennessee Department of Correction via AP, File)

Judge rules for DNA testing in Tennessee death penalty case

By ADRIAN SAINZ - Associated Press

Tennessee death row inmate claims intellectual disability

By TRAVIS LOLLER - Associated Press

Tennessee groups call for DNA testing in death row case

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This photo provided by attorney Kelley Henry shows Pervis Payne. A district attorney in Tennessee said Thursday, July 30, 2020 that she is fighting a request by the inmate facing execution in December to have a judge order DNA testing of evidence in his case. Shelby County district attorney Amy Weirich said a bag of evidence reviewed by Payne's lawyers in an evidence property room last year came from a different case that has nothing to do with the 1987 stabbings of a woman and her daughter for which Payne was convicted and sentenced to death. (Kelley Henry via AP)

Condemned Tennessee inmate pushes for DNA tests in his case

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI - Associated Press

This photo provided by attorney Kelley Henry shows Pervis Payne. A district attorney in Tennessee said Thursday, July 30, 2020 that she is fighting a request by the inmate facing execution in December to have a judge order DNA testing of evidence in his case. Shelby County district attorney Amy Weirich said a bag of evidence reviewed by Payne's lawyers in an evidence property room last year came from a different case that has nothing to do with the 1987 stabbings of a woman and her daughter for which Payne was convicted and sentenced to death. (Kelley Henry via AP)

Prosecutor fights death row inmate’s DNA testing request

By ADRIAN SAINZ - Associated Press

This photo provided by attorney, Kelley Henry shows Pervis Payne. Payne, an inmate scheduled to be executed in December 2020 is asking a Shelby County court to order DNA testing of the evidence in his case. Payne has always maintained he is innocent in the 1987 stabbing deaths of Charisse Christopher and her 2-year-old daughter. DNA evidence in the case has never been tested. (Kelley Henry via AP)

Condemned Tennessee inmate claims innocence, seeks DNA tests

By TRAVIS LOLLER - Associated Press