To go along with our 30 minute episode on the murder of Hae Min Lee, here’s our op ed laying out Adnan’s guilt, what has happened lately, and what should happen next.
A beloved wife and mother is gunned down by someone in her doorway. That’s bad enough, but the killer was also dressed as a clown. After 27 years, the person beneath the grease paint is discovered. Who did it, and why?
True crime always brings tragedy, but few have suffered more than the Stayner family. This is the tale of two brothers and their polarizing experiences in the darkest places of humanity—one as a victim, and one as a perpetrator.
Erratta: We went pretty hard at the judge for the 20 month sentence in this case. Apparently California had the most f’d up sentencing laws in history at the time, and the judge’s hands were tied. So just imagine that rant was directed at whatever moron legislators thought a second kidnapping should receive a lower sentence than the first.
From “Camelot” on the river to a crime scene. A woman is found murdered in her family’s beloved summer home. There are clues, and the police think they are close to an answer. But the mystery remains. Who killed Peggy Lammers?
Research
Margaret Peggy Lammers Murder in Deltaville, Virginia, Most Likely Done By Someone She Knew, Police Say (thedailybeast.com)
Margaret Lammers Obituary (2017) – Cleveland, OH – The Plain Dealer
Unsolved Murder Still Haunts Family’s Beloved Va. Vacation Beach House (people.com)
No arrests two years after Virginia murder of Ohio mother Peggy Lammers (nbcnews.com)
MARGARET THORNTON LAMMERS — FBI
Death Comes to the River House: The Murder of Peggy Thornton Lammers (murdersheetpodcast.com)
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A prominent Guatemalan lawyer is shot down while riding his bike. That’s bad enough. But then the video surfaced, and the entire government stood on the verge of collapse.
When Charisse Christopher and her children were brutally stabbed, Pervis Payne was found covered in their blood. And yet, despite his conviction for double murder, he has maintained his innocence to this day. Did he do it? Or is the real killer still out there.
Resources:
TN Supreme Court Summary_Payne v. State.pdf
23 witnesses, one video will play a role in determining the rest of Pervis Payne’s life (commercialappeal.com)
Shelby County DA Amy Weirich responds to death penalty appeal for Pervis Payne (actionnews5.com)
Judge Resentences Pervis Payne to Concurrent Life Terms, Making Him Eligible for Parole in Five Years After 34 Years on Tennessee’s Death Row | Death Penalty Information Center
8 Things You Need to Know About Pervis Payne – Innocence Project
19 Most Compelling Remarks from Pervis Payne’s Resentencing Hearing – Innocence Project
Pervis Payne- Could an Innocent Man be Executed in TN? – Killer Queens: A True Crime Podcast (killerqueenspodcast.com)
DNA could exonerate Tennessee death row inmate Pervis Payne, lawyers say (tennessean.com)
Pervis Payne Has Been on Death Row for 33 Years — Here’s What You Should Know – Innocence Project
Judge vacates death sentences of Pervis Payne, who was to be executed for a crime he says he didn’t commit | CNN
Attorneys for Pervis Payne File Petition to Present His Intellectual Disability Claim in Court – Innocence Project
02 Sep 1987, 18 – The Commercial Appeal at Newspapers.com
In Case Permeated with Race Bias, Tennessee Plans to Execute Possibly Innocent and Intellectually Disabled Black Man in Murder of White Woman | Death Penalty Information Center
11 Feb 1988, 21 – The Commercial Appeal at Newspapers.com