Death Row, Texas: A lonely birthday for innocent Rodney Reed
By Gloria Rubac posted on December 24, 2020
Bastrop, Texas
Rodney Reed’s family and supporters had a press conference and rallied outside the Bastrop County Courthouse, with its Confederate monuments 25 yards away on the lawn. Reed was railroaded to death row inside the courthouse in 1998 by Bastrop County’s historically racist injustice system.
Rodrick Reed, speaking to the media.
On Dec. 19, three days before Reed’s 53rd birthday, a crowd gathered to wish him a Happy Birthday and to let him know that they are fighting for him until he is home with his family.
stites. but the investigator knew what reed did not know at the time, that his dna was found on stacy stites. this may reed the prime suspect. reed has long said he was having a consensual affair with the 19-year-old. in a death row interview, reed said he lied because stites was engaged to a small town white police officer named jimmy fennel. it wam up she was seeing a police officer. that s why we tried to be as discreet as possible. she said if jimmy found out we were together, he would kill me. reporter: fennel s lawyer denying first, then admitting to knowing the victims. oh, that stacy stites. i m having a torrid sexual affair with her. just in that little capsule of the life and times of rodney reed, you can see what a liar, what a rapist, what a dangerous