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Supreme court crushes death row inmate’s desperate plea for justice, refuses to let key piece of evidence see the light of day

Is this what rights mean in America?

We Got This Covered · Mar 24

Supreme Court rejects Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed’s appeal for DNA testing

Reed’s efforts to stop his execution have received support from such celebrities as Beyoncé, Kim Kardashian and Oprah Winfrey

The Independent UK · Mar 23

U.S. Supreme Court rejects Texas death row inmate’s petition

Reed, on death row for more than 25 years, says he is innocent of the 1996 killing of Stacey Stites in Bastrop County.

The Texas Tribune · Jul 2, 2024

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Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed, who says he's innocent, asked for a new trial. A court said no

An appeals court has denied a new trial request from a longtime Texas death row inmate whose supporters say there is evidence to back his claims of innocence

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2023

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

Reed, a Black man on death row for more than 25 years, has gained international support for his claims that he did not kill 19-year-old Stacey Stites, a white woman. Another appeal over DNA testing of evidence is still pending.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 28, 2023

Supreme Court rules that death row inmate Rodney Reed can seek DNA testing as he tries to prove innocence

Reed was sentenced to death in Texas in 1998

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023

U.S. Supreme Court lets Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed pursue DNA testing in bid to prove innocence

Reed has long said he was wrongfully convicted for the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites. His lawyers will now be able to renew their legal fight for testing of crucial crime scene evidence.

The Texas Tribune · Apr 19, 2023

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Supreme Court hears plea from death row inmate Rodney Reed

‘This is a procedural case, in its words. The arguments are basically incomprehensible to a non-lawyer (and many lawyers),’ legal reporter says

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022

Rodney Reed pleads before U.S. Supreme Court for DNA testing that might establish his innocence

The nation’s high court heard arguments Tuesday on whether Reed can seek DNA testing of crucial evidence in the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites in Bastrop County.

The Texas Tribune · Oct 11, 2022

Texas death row inmate to get Supreme Court review

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed, who claims untested crime-scene evidence will help clear him

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2022

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