US appeals court rejects Rodney Reed's bid for DNA testing on murder weapon By Chuck Lindell, Austin American-Statesman Updated April 23, 2021 12:13 p.m.

Rodney Reed was convicted nearly three decades ago for the murder of Stacey Stites. His case had gone back and forth through the judicial system, including a last-minute intervention from the ...

The Texas appeals court ruled last year that the testimony of new witnesses in a 2021 evidentiary hearing would not have changed the outcome of Reed's 1998 trial.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has repeatedly denied Reed’s requests, and in 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court declined an appeal from Rodney to look at the Texas courts’ decision to not ...

Jay Janner/AP The Supreme Court will hear death row inmate Rodney Reed's appeal for new DNA testing. Reed here walks into the courtroom for a hearing at the Bastrop County Criminal Justice Center ...