TAKE ACTION ON THE DEATH PENALTY IN TENNESSEE 

Þ  Sign up at http://tennesseedeathpenalty.org to receive action alerts about Pervis Payne, legislative efforts, and other death penalty related information. 

Þ  Visit https://innocenceproject.org/pervis-payne-wrongful-conviction-what-to-know-innocent-tennessee/ to sign a petition in support of clemency for Pervis Payne. 

Þ  Write a letter to Governor Bill Lee in support of clemency for Pervis Payne. You can find a sample letter to the governor at https://tennesseedeathpenalty.org/get-involved/open-letter-to-governor-haslam-please-sign/ - https://tennesseedeathpenalty.org/get-involved/open-letter-to-governor-haslam-please-sign/

Þ  Write or call your state legislators and ask them to support HB0001/SB1236 and HB 1062/SB1349. Both bills would modernize Tennessee’s intellectual disability statute. 

You can find your state legislators at  http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/Apps/fmlv3/districts.aspx