LDF Issues Statement on Critical U.S. Supreme Court Ruling in Capital Case Regarding Federal Due Process and Texas's Post-Conviction DNA Statute
April 20, 2023
April 20, 2023
NEW YORK, April 20 (TNSgov) -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news:
The United States Supreme Court issued a ruling in Rodney Reed v. Bryan Goertz, reversing lower court rulings that had closed the courthouse doors on an effort by Rodney Reed, a Black man on death row in Texas, to access DNA evidence that could demonstrate his innocence. After being denied access to post-conviction DNA testing by Texas state courts, for a crime he likely did not co . . .
The United States Supreme Court issued a ruling in Rodney Reed v. Bryan Goertz, reversing lower court rulings that had closed the courthouse doors on an effort by Rodney Reed, a Black man on death row in Texas, to access DNA evidence that could demonstrate his innocence. After being denied access to post-conviction DNA testing by Texas state courts, for a crime he likely did not co . . .