The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has granted Rodney Reed,51 an indefinite stay of execution, meaning there is no longer an execution date set for him.
Reed was imprisoned for the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites,19 and has been trying to prove his innocence ever since.
After Reed’s legal team Bryce Benjet, who is part of the The Innocence Project that helps wrongfully convicted people pushed and pushed and brought forth new evidence the Texas Board Of Pardons unanimously recommended a 120 day reprieve that would be vital to his case.
A few hours later Reed was granted an indefinite stay of execution.
He was set to be executed on November 20 and after appeals court reviewed all documents that Ree’s legal team filed in November 11 they say it raised four claims.
They say the state repressed evidence, that the state represented false testimony in violation of due process, that Reed’s counsel was ineffective and that he was innocent.
After the courts reviewed those documents they found that Reed’s first three claims met the requirements of Habeas Corpus and granted his stay of execution.
Reed’s legal team later released a statement saying “we are extremely relieved and thankful that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has issued a stay of execution for our client Rodney Reed.”
