Rodney Reed: His fight for a new trial and why prosecutors say he's guilty More than 20 years have passed since Stacey Stites' body was found in a wooded area in Bastrop, Texas.

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.

Kim Kardashian believes Rodney Reed is innocent in the 1996 murder of Stacy Stites, and has urged Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to release him from death row. (Getty/AP) ...

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Show more TEXAS -- The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to answer a legal question that could open the door for DNA testing of evidence used to convict Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed.

Deafening calls to spare Rodney Reed’s life point to a larger distrust in Texas’ use of the death penalty and an erosion of confidence in the justice system that convicted him.

So, in order for Rodney Reed to really be free from death row, there needs to be a recommendation from the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. This is a board that’s appointed by the governor ...

In this Oct. 13, 2017, file photo, death row inmate Rodney Reed waves to his family in the Bastrop County District Court in Bastrop, Texas.

An appeals court on Wednesday denied a new trial request from longtime Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed, whose supporters say there is evidence to back his claims of innocence. The Texas Court ...

Rodney Reed was sentenced to death more than 20 years ago for the 1996 murder of 19-year-old Stacey Stites in Bastrop, Texas. Police said he assaulted, raped and strangled her.

When confronted with the DNA match, Reed says he froze and told investigators he did not know Stites. Rodney Reed, on death row after being convicted of killing a woman in 1996, speaks to NBC News.

Dr. Phil examines new theories in Rodney Reed case Innocence Project files petition for U.S. Supreme Court to hear Rodney Reed's death row case Rodney Reed's family holds rally, asks for re-trial ...