Rodney Reed execution?

mr6666 · November 12, 2019

Rodney Reed 'deserves a chance to clear his name,' victim Stacey Stites' cousin says

New witness statements and forensic evidence uncovered since Stites' death in 1996 should allow Reed a new trial, supporters say.

With time running out before the scheduled execution of Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed, a cousin of the woman he was convicted of murdering is joining his supporters in a growing effort to help clear his name.

Given the new witnesses and forensic evidence that have been uncovered since the death of Stacey Stites in 1996, Reed should be granted a new trial, Heather Stobbs, the victim's cousin, said.....

Supporters of Reed, 51, say his case demands priority as his execution by lethal injection is set for Nov. 20.

But it remains unclear whether Texas Gov. Greg Abbott would consider halting the execution, even as a bipartisan group of 40 state lawmakers have sent letters to him and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles saying discrepancies and unanswered questions in the case underscore a need for its reexamination. .........

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rodney-reed-deserves-chance-clear-his-name-victim-stacey-stites-n1080491

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