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Is set for eight days from now, is that right? >> thats right, november 20th. at any moment, any day before then we could have any of those things trigger some sort of reprieve. theres no indication now greg abbott has any indication of offering that rebuke. >> thanks for the reporting on that case. thanks for joining me in chicago as well. the reason im here in chicago tonight is were doing another live taping of our podcast tonight. mcarthur genius grant recipient who conceived the 1619 projec...

Going to be charged and murdered for a crime he didnt commit. >> reporter: when rodney reed was convicted 21 years ago of the rape and murder of stacey stites, the prosecutions entire case rested on two main pillars. first a time line provided by her fiance, jimmy finnell. second the traces of rodney reeds semen found in her body. reed was sentenced to death. hes now scheduled for execution november 20th. but reeds family and his legal team say hes innocent and that they have the compelling evid...

Reed was sentenced to death. hes now scheduled for execution november 20th. but reeds family and his legal team say hes innocent and that they have the compelling evidence and witnesses to prove it. every aspect of this case has been disproven and new evidence continues to come out. >> reporter: the innocent project took up rodney reeds case in 2012 and successfully won a stay of execution three years later. among the evidence they presented new witnesses who said rodney reed and stacey stites w...

And still this is texas and texas justice is what it is. >> i know the stites family is divided in terms of how they feel about reeds guilt or innocence. >> theres a cousin of stacey stites around the time she was killed remembers hearing they were involved in this secret relationship. she believes rodney is innocent. but the mother and other siblings believe rodney reed is a killer and its time for him to be executed. >> its a remarkable case. the execution is set eight days from now. >> thats ...