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Is set for eight days from now, is that right? >> that's right, november 20th. at any moment, any day before then we could have any of those things trigger some sort of reprieve. there's 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 i'm here in chicago tonight is we're doing another live taping of our podcast tonight. mcarthur genius grant recipient who conceived the 1619 project for "the new york times" magazine. we're going to be talking about race and slavery all in the...

Going to be charged and murdered for a crime he didn't commit. >> reporter: when rodney reed was convicted 21 years ago of the rape and murder of stacey stites, the prosecution's entire case rested on two main pillars. first a time line provided by her fiance, jimmy finnell. second the traces of rodney reed's semen found in her body. reed was sentenced to death. he's now scheduled for execution november 20th. but reed's family and his legal team say he's innocent and that they have the compelling evidence and witnesses to prove it. every aspect of this case has been disproven and new evidence ...

Reed was sentenced to death. he's now scheduled for execution november 20th. but reed's family and his legal team say he's 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 reed's 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 were in a secret albeit consensual relationship. and now a new witness further muddies finnell's ...

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 reed's guilt or innocence. >> there's 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 it's time for him to be executed. >> it's a remarkable case. the execution is set eight days from now. >> that's right, november 20th. at any moment, any day before then we could have any of those things trig...