Other actions in the Reed case Friday Earlier on Friday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles also voted unanimously to recommend Gov. Greg Abbott grant a 120-day delay on Reed’s execution.

I pray that God grants Governor Abbott the courage to do the right thing—to delay the execution." Rodney Reed, 51, has spent the last 21 years on death row for the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites.

A Bastrop County, Texas, judge has recommended that death row inmate Rodney Reed not get a new trial, according to court documents. “The Court has extensively considered the entire record of ...

Death Row inmate Rodney Reed in Bastrop County District Court, Oct. 10. 2017, asking Judge Doug Shaver to reconsider testimony from his murder trial in the slaying of Stacey Stites.

Reed, 51, is due to be executed on November 20 having spent more than 20 years on death row after he was found guilty of the murder of 19-year-old Stacey Stites in 1996.

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended Friday that Gov. Greg Abbott grant a 120-day reprieve to Rodney Reed, an inmate set to be executed next week. Reed was sentenced to death more ...

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended Friday that Gov. Greg Abbott grant a 120-day reprieve to Rodney Reed, an inmate set to be executed next week. Reed was sentenced to death more ...

Reed's mother, Sandra Reed, told CBS affiliate KEYE-TV on Saturday that she was "so happy" his execution had been blocked. "We had witnesses that were intimidated, but now it's a new day.

Rodney Reed's mother reacts to her son's stay of execution A rally was held Sunday in support of Rodney Reed, the Texas death row inmate who was granted a stay of execution Friday. Reed has been ...

Rodney Reed execution halted A Texas appeals court has granted a stay of execution for death row inmate Rodney Reed as a growing chorus of supporters point to evidence they say casts doubt on his ...