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Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman

Memphis DA agrees to drop man’s death sentence, following new law barring executions of people with intellectual disabilities

Samantha Max

November 18, 2021

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Pervis Payne was sentenced to death in 1988 for killing a woman and her daughter. Since his conviction, courts have ruled that people with intellectual disabilities should not be executed.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman, death penalty, pervis payne

A Nashville man will be removed from death row after years of legal back and forth

Samantha Max

November 9, 2021

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A criminal court judge has decided for a second time that Abu-Ali Abdur’Rahman should spend the rest of his life behind bars but won’t face execution.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman, death penalty, Glenn Funk, Monte Watkins

New Documentary Looks At Flaws In A High-Profile Nashville Death Penalty Case

Samantha Max

October 6, 2020

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A film that debuted last week at the Nashville Film Festival takes a deeper look at the conviction of Abu-Ali Abdur’Rahman, whom Nashville’s district attorney has asked to be spared from a death sentence.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Race & Equity Tagged With: Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman, death penalty

Racial Bias Taints Death Penalty Cases In Tennessee, National Report Finds

Samantha Max

September 15, 2020

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A new national report on racial disparities in the death penalty explores two high-profile cases that are winding their way through the courts here in Tennessee. It highlights the ways Black people are more likely to be discriminated against — from arrest to jury selection to execution.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Race & Equity Tagged With: Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman, death penalty, racism

Tennessee Supreme Court Commits To Racial Equity Amid Protests Against Racial Disparities In Law Enforcement

Samantha Max

June 25, 2020

A new initiative follows the recent groundswell of protests against systemic racism in policing, but accusations of racial bias are not new in Tennessee’s court system.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman, prison population, Tennessee Supreme Court

Tennessee Death Penalty Case Raises Questions About Who Has The Power To Stop An Execution

Samantha Max

June 9, 2020

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An agreement that spared the life of a man on death row could transform the future of death penalty cases in Tennessee. Judges raised concerns about the settlement during a Court of Criminal Appeals hearing Tuesday morning.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman, death penalty, Glenn Funk

State Attorney General Aims To Reverse Deal That Spared A Nashville Man From The Death Penalty

Samantha Max

September 20, 2019

Listen Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery is challenging a recent ruling that overturned a death row inmate’s sentence just months before his execution. Slatery thinks Nashville’s district attorney overstepped when he offered the deal last month. His appeal calls into question who has the final say in criminal cases.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman, death penalty

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