The US Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that a man sentenced to death in Texas in 1998 can use DNA evidence to try to secure his exoneration.
Rodney Reed, a 55-year-old Black man, was convicted for the killing of Stacey Stites, a 19-year-old white woman. Reed has consistently proclaimed his innocence in the years since, and his appeals have drawn national attention and bipartisan support from Texas legislators.
