We talked with 'Wrongful Conviction' host Jason Flom about how you can help stop Wednesday's execution of Rodney Reed, a Texas death-row prisoner who says he has proof of his innocence
stating that Fennell confessed to the murder. Other witnesses have also come forward claiming that they have information to exonerate Reed, including members of Stites’ family.spoke with Flom about Reed, the podcast, and what people can do to advocate for the wrongfully convicted.
Tunnel vision is a tremendous factor that led to his wrongful conviction. And I think maybe one of the things that’s really caused this to catch on is the fact that there’s an element of old-school racism at play, where you had a black man and a white woman having a consensual relationship. The fiancé was white and it was an all white jury. It’s like a bad movie.
That’s not even all of it. I mean there’s so much to this case. It amounts to something that would cause outrage…I have this sick feeling that what we’ve done as a society is we’ve taken lynchings and moved them indoors. It hasn’t gone away…You can call it a lynching and call it murder, but the state has to know that he’s innocent.
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