>> reporter: in 1996, 19-year-old stacy stites was found dead on the side of a road in bastrop, texas. she was bruised and strangled with a belt. she was raped and murdered just after 3:00 in the morning. on her way to work at a grocery store. for months, the prime suspect was her fiancee, a police officer named jimmy finnell until dna pointed to another man she knew. tests confirmed rodney reed's seemen was found inside stites. a jury convicted him and he was sent to death row. >> it almost reads like a book. hopefully we don't execute the wrong man for this murder. >> reporter: his attorney said evidence points to jimmy fennell. reed talked about this in an