reed take the fall for that murder. reporter: his case has garnlgar garnered celebrity attention. the murder investigation is full of holes. they say the time of death isn t accurate and police never searched the apartment where they lived together and that dna tests were never conducted on the belt used as the murder weapon. but finel s lawyer says the push to exonerate reed is a circus that has been rejected by appeals courts and that reed is a monster. rodney reed is a garden variety sociopath who has convinced his lawyers and lots of other people that he s just a poor unfairly charged black man being railroaded to the death chamber. reporter: prosecutors here in texas maintain rodney reed is guilty and deserves the death penalty. they ve also pointed out in court documents reed was