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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Gustaf Kilander

Supreme Court hears plea from death row inmate Rodney Reed

Texas Department of Criminal Justice

The Supreme Court has heard a plea from death row inmate Rodney Reed, a Black man, who argues that a jury of only white people wrongly convicted him of killing a white woman in Texas in 24 years ago.

Reed is seeking DNA evidence to prove that he’s innocent following his 1998 conviction. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case on Tuesday.

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