The Rodney Reed Juror Who Can't Move On
As the high-profile capital murder case is appealed in the courts, one woman who sentenced Reed to death tells all about the trial.
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As the high-profile capital murder case is appealed in the courts, one woman who sentenced Reed to death tells all about the trial.
Rodney Reed’s decades-long fight to prove his innocence has met a screeching halt once again. According to The Associated Press, a Texas appeals court denied his request for retrial based on the claims that there is evidence proving he is not guilty.
An appeals court denied Rodney Reed’s request for a retrial despite his claim there is evidence to prove his innocence.
Reed has long claimed innocence
Reed, a Black man on death row for more than 25 years, has gained international support for his claims that he did not kill 19-year-old Stacey Stites, a white woman. Another appeal over DNA testing of evidence is still pending.