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Supreme Court rejects appeal from Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed
The Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling denying DNA testing on a belt linked to the 1996 murder, despite defense claims it could prove innocence.
- The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Rodney Reed, a Texas death row inmate accused of murder in 1996.
- Reed has maintained that the murder victim's fiancé, Jimmy Fennell, was the real killer and has sought to test crime-scene evidence for DNA.
- Prosecutors have refused to allow DNA testing of the belt used to strangle the victim, despite Reed's attorneys arguing it could exculpate him.
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Supreme Court rejects appeal from Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed over DNA testing
Reed was sentenced to death for the 1996 killing of 19-year-old Stacey Stites. Prosecutors have refused to allow for DNA testing of the webbed belt that was used to strangle Stites as she made her way to work at a supermarket.
·Washington, United States
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Supreme Court rejects appeal from Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from longtime Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed who has sought to test crime-scene evidence that he says will help clear him.
·United States
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Leaning Left10Leaning Right2Center10Last UpdatedBias Distribution46% Left, 45% Center
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- 46% of the sources lean Left, 45% of the sources are Center
46% Left
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