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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Jolie McCullough

Texas’ highest criminal court emphatically rejects death row inmate Rodney Reed’s claim of innocence

Rodney Reed was sentenced to death for the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites in Bastrop.
Rodney Reed was sentenced to death for the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites in Bastrop. (Credit: Courtesy KXAN)

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied Rodney Reed a chance for a new trial Wednesday, nearly four years after halting his execution and ordering the trial court to weigh whether Reed might be innocent in the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites.

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