Rodney Reed says he was having a secret affair with Stacey Stites, but has long maintained innocence in her murder
As his November 20 execution date looms, a growing chorus of supporters say a Texas death row inmate is innocent of murder and deserves clemency. Several new witnesses have also come forward in recent months in support of Rodney Reed, including a witness who submitted testimony last week that another man, the victim's fiancé, confessed to the crime.
Police had Reed's DNA available for testing from a separate sexual assault investigation, according to a 2018 prosecution motion asking to dismiss one of Reed's appeals. Reed had faced a series of sexual assault allegations, but was acquitted in the only case prosecuted, according to a request for a sentence commutation filed last week with the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles.
They cite forensic experts who say that the small amount of sperm found in Stites' body supported Reed's story that he had had consensual sex with Stites the day before her murder, and that sperm could survive up to 72 hours in the body after sex.
"I think right out of the gate, my brother didn't have a shot," Rodrick Reed said."I think this case is a prime example of why we should abolish the death penalty. It is so corrupt, it is racist, it is basically all those things that have played a major role in my brother's case." ‘They Have The Truth. They Know The Truth,’ Says Death Row Inmate Who Insists He's Innocent Dr. Phil YouTube
One, an insurance salesperson, said she heard Fennell tell Stites in November 1995,"If I ever catch you messing around on me, I will kill you and no one will ever know it was me that killed you." He dismissed the theory of Reed's defense team as"absurd" and said Stites' mother and sisters believe that Reed is the killer. The Austin-American Statesman reports Stites' sister declined to appear on the"Dr. Phil" show and instead said in a statement that"an elaborate story has been created trying to blame my sister's murder on her fiancé."
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