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JUSTICE FOR RODNEY REED
Rodney Reed: Innocent on Death Row
In 1998, Rodney Reed was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1996 murder of 19-year-old Stacy Stites in Bastrop, Texas. His habeas corpus appeal has been denied. But there is troubling evidence that Reed is innocent of this crime. And there was a pattern of police and prosecutorial misconduct that puts his conviction in doubt:
* Although semen found in Stites body matched Reeds DNA, witnesses were available to testify that Reed, a black man, was having an affair with Stites, a white woman. The jury never heard them. There is no evidence that he killed her.
* The chain of evidence was broken for DNA evidence that could have bolstered Reeds claim of innocence. Shipping labels that DPS says were used to ship evidence to California for DNA testing by defense experts do not match shipping company records. Stites body was missing for two hours on the night of the murder, showing up at the medical examiners office with new bruising.
* DNA that incriminates other suspects never made it to the defense. DNA evidence on two beer cans found near Stites body match the DNA of Giddings Police officer David Hall (who had been Fennells partner) and Bastrop Police officer Ed Samela. The defense thinks that the police officers might have been involved in the murder with Stites fiancй, Jimmy Fennell, Jr., a former Giddings police officer.
* Investigators never searched the Giddings apartment shared by Fennell and Stites, and returned Fennells pickup truck (which Stites had been driving the day of the murder) to him before doing a complete forensic analysis.
* Reed had an incompetent defense lawyer who did not call witnesses who could testify as to his relationship with Stites or provide Reed with an alibi for the time of the murder.
Having Reviewed the facts of Rodney Reed's case, I believe him to be an innocent man wrongly imprisoned. I call on the Sate of Texas to Grant Rodney a new trial, where the evidence of his innocence can finally be heard
Rodney Reed: Innocent on Death Row
In 1998, Rodney Reed was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1996 murder of 19-year-old Stacy Stites in Bastrop, Texas. His habeas corpus appeal has been denied. But there is troubling evidence that Reed is innocent of this crime. And there was a pattern of police and prosecutorial misconduct that puts his conviction in doubt:
* Although semen found in Stites body matched Reeds DNA, witnesses were available to testify that Reed, a black man, was having an affair with Stites, a white woman. The jury never heard them. There is no evidence that he killed her.
* The chain of evidence was broken for DNA evidence that could have bolstered Reeds claim of innocence. Shipping labels that DPS says were used to ship evidence to California for DNA testing by defense experts do not match shipping company records. Stites body was missing for two hours on the night of the murder, showing up at the medical examiners office with new bruising.
* DNA that incriminates other suspects never made it to the defense. DNA evidence on two beer cans found near Stites body match the DNA of Giddings Police officer David Hall (who had been Fennells partner) and Bastrop Police officer Ed Samela. The defense thinks that the police officers might have been involved in the murder with Stites fiancй, Jimmy Fennell, Jr., a former Giddings police officer.
* Investigators never searched the Giddings apartment shared by Fennell and Stites, and returned Fennells pickup truck (which Stites had been driving the day of the murder) to him before doing a complete forensic analysis.
* Reed had an incompetent defense lawyer who did not call witnesses who could testify as to his relationship with Stites or provide Reed with an alibi for the time of the murder.
Having Reviewed the facts of Rodney Reed's case, I believe him to be an innocent man wrongly imprisoned. I call on the Sate of Texas to Grant Rodney a new trial, where the evidence of his innocence can finally be heard
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24 December 2015
8 December 2015
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Demarcus S
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Let the man out so he can enjoy life with his family, theres so many reasons to believe that he wasnt envolved at all. why keep him in anylonger? Makes NO sense. put yourself in his postion..the guy has kids at home. LET HIM GO HOME!
6 December 2015
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Anna S
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Address
28 Southlea Avenue
Phone Number
01926 883391
It's never too late for justice to be served. Please free Rodney to go home to his family.
30 November 2015
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Glendora W
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Address
2805 De Mel Ave #1 Louisville KY 40214
how many more innocents must be killed before texas gives in??
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Misti S
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I am so sorry to hear of this injustice. Clearly Rodney is innoccent and deserves a new trial.
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Julie S
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Phone Number
512-413-4097
I knew Rodney and his brothers when they lived in Wichita Falls, Texas.
20 June 2015
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Cheri Lynnl
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Address
2229 Shadywood Court
Arlington, TX 76012
Phone Number
214-725-0840
How many innocent men does the state of Texas plan on executing? Letthis man have a new trial with competent lawyers and ALL the evidence.
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Njohnson Bridges
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I beleive that if the evidence CLEARLY!! show his innocence, then what else could you possibly need, let the man GO!!! get after the husband,wrong is wrong I don't care who you are and the husband is clearly the the one who did this.
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