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Rodney Reed Hearing at Court of Criminal Appeals

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Tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m., the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals will hear oral argument as to whether the conviction and death sentence of Rodney Reed should be overturned because of mounting evidence of Reed?s innocence.  Reed is represented by former Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Morris Overstreet, Bryce Benjet of Hull Henricks and MacRae LLP, and lawyers from Texas Defender Service. The hearing is open to the public. The CCA has requested argument on whether evidence of Mr. Reed?s innocence ? including significant evidence that another person committed the crime ? should now be considered by the Court in Reed?s appeals.  The Court is reviewing a wealth of evidence of Reed?s innocence that was available to the prosecution at the time of trial but was not disclosed to the defense and was not considered by the jury that heard Reed?s trial...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 18, 2008 (boomark / email).