after an excution date was set for him today. the state argued the case has gone on for years. courts denied reed an appeal. the judge set reed s execution date for this january. by 2014, many independent observers began questioning reed s guilty verdict, and as his execution drew closer, public outcry grew. free rodney reed! free rodney reed! honesty, integrity, truth. that s all we want is the truth. that s what justice is about, the truth, and they in bastrop made a mockery of justice. so we at that point had roughly seven months to prepare the last round of appeals to save rodney s life. benjet rushed to make a final appeal. someone who never heard stacey stites case was about to change