New Evidence Could Clear Death Row Inmate Rodney Reed

Jimmy Fennell's impending trial on kidnapping and rape charges unearths old suspicions that he was responsible for the 1996 murder of his fiancée

"...that new evidence uncovered about the conduct of victim Stacey Stites' police-officer fiancé bolster Reed's claim of innocence. In..."

July 25, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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"...Fennell was best known for being engaged to 19-year-old Stacey Stites, who was murdered in 1996. Another man, Rodney..."

July 4, 2008 News Feature

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"...as the former Giddings police officer engaged to 19-year-old Stacey Stites, who was murdered in 1996 and found dumped..."

May 23, 2008 News Feature

Appeals Court Weighs Plea to 'Correct Miscarriage of Justice'

Rodney Reed's fate goes to Criminal Appeals

"...not have convicted Reed of the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites. "If a jury had the opportunity to review..."

March 28, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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"...new trial. Reed was convicted in 1998 of killing Stacey Stites, a 19-year-old Giddings resident. Reed has long protested..."

March 21, 2008 News Feature

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"...former Giddings police officer who was engaged to 19-year-old Stacey Stites, who was murdered in 1996 and found dumped..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Feature

Reed Appeal Shot Down

Judge says witness testimony challenging state's version of facts in capital murder case against Rodney Reed during a March evidentiary hearing wasn't credible, the testimony probably wouldn't have helped Reed at 1998 trial, and no evidence exists that the Bastrop Co. District Attorney's Office committed misconduct by withholding potential evidence from Reed's defenders

"...Reed, 38, was convicted in May 1998 of killing Stacey Stites, a 20-year-old Giddings resident, as she drove to..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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"...Reed, convicted in 1998 of the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites. Judge Reva Towslee-Corbett ruled that testimony unavailable in..."

June 23, 2006 News Feature

Hidden Evidence?

Reed's attorneys insist evidence unavailable to him during his 1998 trial casts serious doubt on his guilt of the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites, and strongly supports the defense theory that another man was the killer

"...prove he is innocent of the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites rests in the hands of Bastrop Co. District..."

March 31, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Capital Judicial Pinball

Rodney Reed Case Back in Court

"...May 1998 for the rape and murder of 20-year-old Stacey Stites. Prosecutors argued that Reed overcame Stites in the..."

March 24, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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"...his claims of innocence in the murder of 20-year-old Stacey Stites...."

Jan. 6, 2006 News Feature

Another Hearing for Rodney Reed

Death row inmate's case goes back to Bastrop County district court

"...and murder two years earlier of 20-year-old Giddings resident Stacey Stites. Prosecutors argued that Reed overcame Stites in the..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Bryant-Reed Connection

A DNA expert's performance in a Bastrop capital case becomes an issue in the NBA star's trial

"...to die for the 1996 murder of Giddings resident Stacey Stites. The LAT reports that citizen-sleuth David Fisher contacted..."

June 11, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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"...to death for the 1996 Bastrop murder of 19-year-old Stacey Stites (see Who Killed Stacey Stites?, May 24, 2002)...."

April 2, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

At Home With Capital Punishment

The fourth annual March for a Moratorium surrounds the Capitol.

"...in 1998 in the murder of a Giddings woman, Stacey Stites, on the basis of DNA evidence that Reed's..."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

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Beyond City Limits

"...Rodney Reed, convicted for the 1996 murder of 19-year-old Stacey Stites of Giddings. The appeal alleges that Reed's trial,..."

July 4, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Reed Appeals 'Conviction of an Innocent Man'

A federal appeal attacks the state's 'airtight" case against death-row inmate Rodney Reed.

"...of the rape and murder of 20-year-old Giddings resident Stacey Stites. Prosecutors argued that Reed somehow overcame Stites in..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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"...In your recent article ["Who Killed Stacy Stites?" May, 24] you state that Mr. Reed's habeas appeal..."

June 7, 2002 Column

Who Killed Stacey Stites?

A re-examination of a Bastrop murder case leaves many unanswered questions.

"...Reed of the murder of a young Giddings woman, Stacey Stites. Stites was murdered in April of 1996, and..."

May 24, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

'Somebody's Got to Pay'

Revisiting the forensic evidence in the Stacey Stites murder trial

"...meeting, on Sunday night, accounted for the semen in Stites' body, but the prosecution contradicted this scenario with medical..."

May 24, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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"...Read the cover story (Who Killed Stacey Stites?), and you may not be convinced that Rodney..."

May 24, 2002 Column by Nick Barbaro

Appeal for Reed?

"...to death in 1998 for the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites in Bastrop County, but lingering questions cast doubt..."

March 8, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Breaking the Chain

Troubling questions persist in the Rodney Reed / Stacey Stites murder case.

"...death in 1998 for the 1996 murder of 19-year-old Stacey Stites. "Based upon the trial court's findings and conclusions..."

March 1, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Lingering Questions

Serious questions remain about the state's case against Rodney Reed for the murder of Stacey Stites.

"...Rodney Reed was convicted of the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites in Bastrop County. Numerous questions remain about the..."

March 1, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

David Fisher, Butt-inski

A profile of David Fisher, volunteer sleuth in the Rodney Reed murder case

"...contributors of DNA on two beer cans found near Stacey Stites' body. "But I was a death penalty proponent,"..."

March 1, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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"...sentenced to death for the 1996 murder of 19-year-old Stacey Stites -- the first capital murder trial in Bastrop..."

Dec. 7, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Reed Defense DNA-Deprived?

A citizen sleuth raises new charges in the Stacey Stites murder case.

"...to death for the 1996 Bastrop murder of 19-year-old Stacey Stites...."

Nov. 30, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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