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BASTROP — Prosecutors on Monday attempted to cast doubt on the reliability of new witness testimony in an evidence hearing for Rodney Reed, a man on death row who was convicted of murder in the 1996 slaying of Stacey Stites in Bastrop County. A psychologist testified for hours about how a persons memories are imperfect, and people can confidently say they remember something even if theyre remembering it incorrectly. Texas prosecutors asked her to evaluate the reliability of certain types of...

Rodney Reed (pictured) presented four days of testimony in a Bastrop County courthouse in an attempt to establish his innocence of the murder of Stacy Stites, as activists, religious leaders, and members of Reed’s family rallied in support of his case. The hearing, which is expected to take two weeks, began on July 19, 2021, with Reed’s case for innocence. His lawyers presented evidence that Reed, who is Black, was having an affair with Stites, who is white; that Stites was actually murde...