Lawyers for Rodney Reed, a Black man who maintains he was wrongfully convicted in the 1996 murder of a White woman, are attempting to prove his innocence in a Texas court Monday. Reed had been sentenced to die in the murder of 19-year-old Stacey Stites in Bastrop, Texas, but the state...
Texas Court Suspends Rodney Reed Execution Reed has spent 22 years in prison for murder he claims he didn't commit Culture By Jon Blistein Rodney Reed Might Be Innocent, But He's Going to Be Executed on Wednesday Jason Flom, activist and host of the 'Wrongful Conviction' podcast, wants th...
On April 23, 1996, bride-to-be Stites’ body was found on the side of a road in rural Texas. DNA from semen found on Stites eventually pointed to now-52-year-old Reed, leading to his arrest andconviction for murder. Reed, who is scheduled to be put to death in just weeks, has i...
Shortly after a Texas court granted an indefinite stay of execution to Rodney Reed, a man convicted of murder, Kim Kardashian West revealed that she'd spent the day with him. In an Instagram post, the "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" star shared that in addition to meeting Reed for...