*Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed received some good news today. The bottom line is that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has issued a stay of Reed’s execution. The decision, according to ...
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the request of death row inmate Rodney Reed to review his claim that prosecutors at his 1998 trial illegally suppressed evidence that could have exonerated him in ...
Judge Doug Shaver has recommended to the Court of Criminal Appeals that it deny death row inmate Rodney Reed's request for a new trial after new evidence surfaced that suggests victim Stacy Stites' ...
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 ...
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 ...
AUSTIN (KXAN) – The U.S. Supreme Court denied on Tuesday a petition by death-row defendant Rodney Reed seeking a review of his case. Reed argued his constitutional rights were violated by the Texas ...
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a ruling Friday blocking the execution of inmate Rodney Reed. The move comes hours after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended delaying Reed's ...
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 ...
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 ...
Reed argued his constitutional rights were violated by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals’ wrongfully high bar for his innocence claim, and, separately, a trial court’s “rubberstamping” of state ...