Expert to study mental disabilty claim of death row inmate
Pastor DiArron M. speaks during a vigil for Pervis Payne outside of the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center on Friday, June 4, 2021 in Memphis. A hearing is scheduled Friday in the case of Payne, a Tennessee death row inmate who has long maintained his innocence and whose lawyers filed a petition saying he is intellectually disabled and should not be executed. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian via AP)

Pastor DiArron M. speaks during a vigil for Pervis Payne outside of the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center on Friday, June 4, 2021 in Memphis. A hearing is scheduled Friday in the case of Payne, a Tennessee death row inmate who has long maintained his innocence and whose lawyers filed a petition saying he is intellectually disabled and should not be executed. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian via AP)

Jun. 04, 2021 11:49 AM EDT
FILE - This file photo provided by Tennessee Department of Correction shows Tennessee death row inmate Pervis Payne. A Tennessee judge ruled Friday, June 4, 2021, that an expert hired by a state prosecutors’ office can conduct a mental evaluation of Payne, who claims he is intellectually disabled and should not be executed. (Tennessee Department of Correction via AP, File)

FILE - This file photo provided by Tennessee Department of Correction shows Tennessee death row inmate Pervis Payne. A Tennessee judge ruled Friday, June 4, 2021, that an expert hired by a state prosecutors’ office can conduct a mental evaluation of Payne, who claims he is intellectually disabled and should not be executed. (Tennessee Department of Correction via AP, File)

Jun. 04, 2021 12:32 PM EDT
Attorney Kelley Henry, center, talks to supporters of her client, Tennessee death row inmate Pervis Payne, on Friday, June 4, 2021, in Memphis, Tenn. A judge ruled Friday that an expert hired by a state prosecutors' office can conduct a mental evaluation of Payne, who claims he is intellectually disabled and should not be executed. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

Attorney Kelley Henry, center, talks to supporters of her client, Tennessee death row inmate Pervis Payne, on Friday, June 4, 2021, in Memphis, Tenn. A judge ruled Friday that an expert hired by a state prosecutors' office can conduct a mental evaluation of Payne, who claims he is intellectually disabled and should not be executed. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

Jun. 04, 2021 12:49 PM EDT
Rolanda Holman attends to her father, Pastor Carl Payne, during a vigil for Pervis Payne outside of the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center on Friday, June 4, 2021 in Memphis. A hearing is scheduled Friday in the case of Payne, a Tennessee death row inmate who has long maintained his innocence and whose lawyers filed a petition saying he is intellectually disabled and should not be executed. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian via AP)

Rolanda Holman attends to her father, Pastor Carl Payne, during a vigil for Pervis Payne outside of the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center on Friday, June 4, 2021 in Memphis. A hearing is scheduled Friday in the case of Payne, a Tennessee death row inmate who has long maintained his innocence and whose lawyers filed a petition saying he is intellectually disabled and should not be executed. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian via AP)

Jun. 04, 2021 11:50 AM EDT
Pastor and University of Memphis professor Andre E. Johnson leads a prayer vigil for Pervis Payne outside of the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center on Friday, June 4, 2021 in Memphis. A hearing is scheduled Friday in the case of Payne, a Tennessee death row inmate who has long maintained his innocence and whose lawyers filed a petition saying he is intellectually disabled and should not be executed. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian via AP)

Pastor and University of Memphis professor Andre E. Johnson leads a prayer vigil for Pervis Payne outside of the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center on Friday, June 4, 2021 in Memphis. A hearing is scheduled Friday in the case of Payne, a Tennessee death row inmate who has long maintained his innocence and whose lawyers filed a petition saying he is intellectually disabled and should not be executed. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian via AP)

Jun. 04, 2021 11:49 AM EDT
Pastor and University of Memphis professor Andre E. Johnson leads a prayer vigil for Pervis Payne outside of the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center on Friday, June 4, 2021 in Memphis. A hearing is scheduled Friday in the case of Payne, a Tennessee death row inmate who has long maintained his innocence and whose lawyers filed a petition saying he is intellectually disabled and should not be executed. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian via AP)

Pastor and University of Memphis professor Andre E. Johnson leads a prayer vigil for Pervis Payne outside of the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center on Friday, June 4, 2021 in Memphis. A hearing is scheduled Friday in the case of Payne, a Tennessee death row inmate who has long maintained his innocence and whose lawyers filed a petition saying he is intellectually disabled and should not be executed. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian via AP)

Jun. 04, 2021 11:49 AM EDT
Rolanda Holman, center right, speaks during a prayer vigil for her brother, Tennessee death row inmate Pervis Payne, on Friday, June 4, 2021, in Memphis, Tenn. A judge ruled Friday that an expert hired by a state prosecutors' office can conduct a mental evaluation of Payne, who claims he is intellectually disabled and should not be executed. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

Rolanda Holman, center right, speaks during a prayer vigil for her brother, Tennessee death row inmate Pervis Payne, on Friday, June 4, 2021, in Memphis, Tenn. A judge ruled Friday that an expert hired by a state prosecutors' office can conduct a mental evaluation of Payne, who claims he is intellectually disabled and should not be executed. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

Jun. 04, 2021 12:50 PM EDT