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On Monday, the Supreme Court denied death row inmate Rodney Reed‘s appeal after being granted a stay November 2019, says before his then execution date. The appeal was to challenge his sentence based in part on the fact that Texas relied on evidence that was later proven to be scientifically invalid. Reed was sentenced to death…
We did it! The execution of Rodney Reed has been stopped by the highest criminal appeals court in Texas. That development came just hours after the Texas parole board voted unanimously Friday to recommend that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott delay Reed’s execution. The parole board had recommended a 120-day reprieve for Reed, 51. The inmate was scheduled…
Rodney Reed has spent more than 21 years on death row for the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites in Bastrop, Texas. Police say Reed assaulted, raped and strangled Stites, but he insists he’s innocent. DNA testing has been denied in this case — and while three forensic experts provided testimony that the initial time of…