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 ...

Later in the day, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ordered a stay of Reed's execution. Click here to see what that means.

AUSTIN, Texas — Rodney Reed's family and supporters are rallying this entire week at the Texas Capitol to protest his execution date. In 1996, the Texas death row inmate was arrested for ...

There are currently six death row inmates scheduled for execution, including Reed. In 2019, eight people have been executed in Texas, according to Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.

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.

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.