Texas Democratic Party: 26 Lawmakers Sign Bipartisan Letter Urging Abbott to Stop Execution of Rodney Reed
November 07, 2019
November 07, 2019
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 7 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following press document:
Yesterday, 26 members of the Texas House of Representatives signed a bipartisan letter urging Republican Governor Greg Abbott to stop the execution of Rodney Reed.
Rodney Reed has spent two decades on death row for a murder he says he did not commit. In 1996, Reed was convicted of the murder of Stacey Stites. Since then, new evidence has come to light and more time is needed to exam . . .
Yesterday, 26 members of the Texas House of Representatives signed a bipartisan letter urging Republican Governor Greg Abbott to stop the execution of Rodney Reed.
Rodney Reed has spent two decades on death row for a murder he says he did not commit. In 1996, Reed was convicted of the murder of Stacey Stites. Since then, new evidence has come to light and more time is needed to exam . . .