The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended a 120-day delay for the execution of inmate Rodney Reed, whose conviction for a 1996 killing is being questioned by new evidence. The decision now goes to Gov. Greg Abbott.
HOUSTON — The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on Friday recommended delaying the execution of inmate Rodney Reed, whose conviction is being questioned by new evidence that his supporters say raises serious doubts about his guilt.The board’s decision now goes to Gov. Greg Abbott. It’s unclear if Abbott, a Republican, will accept or reject it or do nothing. The governor, who appoints the seven-member parole board, has been tight-lipped about the case.
Since Texas resumed executions in 1982, only three death row inmates have had their sentences commuted to life in prison within days of their scheduled executions. Reed has long maintained he didn’t kill Stites and that her fiance, former police officer Jimmy Fennell, was the real killer. Reed says Fennell was angry because Stites, who was white, was having an affair with Reed, who is black.
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