Death row inmate Rodney Reed has maintained his innocence. Persistent questions in the case underscore why the death penalty should be abolished.
Death row inmate Rodney Reed has always maintained his innocence. The questions surrounding his case underscore the failings of the death penalty and why it should be abolished.Reed, who has been on Texas death row for 24 years, received a favorable 6-3 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in April that key evidence in his case should be tested for DNA.
Reed claims that the real killer is most likely Jimmy Fennell, Stites’ then-fiancé and a former police officer. My introduction to the death penalty came as a college student when I became acquainted with a man named Bill Sands. In 1964, Sands wrote “My Shadow Ran Fast,” an autobiographical account of his life in prison. It made the New York Times best-seller list for nonfiction for 25 weeks.
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