Clear & Convincing: Texas Vs Rodney Reed

On April 23, 1996, Stacey Stites was raped, strangled and her body was dumped on the side of a country road in Bastrop, Texas.  Police theorized that Ms. Stites was abducted between 3:00 and 3:30 a.m. while on her way to the H.E.B. store, where she worked an early morning shift in the produce department.  The truck she was driving was found abandoned at Bastrop High School, which was 35 miles from the apartment in Giddings that she shared with her future husband, Jimmy Fennell.  In March, 1997, DNA results from Ms. Stites’ body linked Rodney Reed to the murder.  In spite of his claims of a secret relationship with the victim, Reed was convicted and sentenced to death in May, 1998.  Reed’s direct appeal and numerous state and federal writs have been unsuccessful.  Join Lisa O’Brien and Michael Carnahan on Tuesday, March 27, at 8:00 p.m. Central for a discussion of the evidence against Rodney Reed discuss the claims and evidence that have been presented to the courts and reveal information that has been left out of media reports about the case.