AUSTIN, Texas — On Monday, the United States Supreme Court denied Rodney Reed's petition for a writ of certiorari, which would have allowed the court to hear the case. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote ...

The Court of Criminal Appeals this morning issued an opinion denying relief to death row inmate Rodney Reed. The court said Reed “failed to prove” that prosecutors suppressed evidence in his case and ...

Reed, who was sentenced to death in 1998 for the rape and murder of Stacey Stiles, and his attorneys have made several attempts in recent years to have investigators test the crime scene. According to ...

Texas has once again rejected Rodney Reed’s claims of innocence. On June 28, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that the testimony of new witnesses delivered at a 2021 hearing – considered a ...

In 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to throw out a ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that found it too late to order a DNA test that could exonerate Reed. On Tuesday, Reed asked ...