Clear & Convincing: Season 4 Episode: 20: Texas Vs. Rodney Reed; The Myths!
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Clear & Convincing: Season 4 Episode: 20: Texas Vs. Rodney Reed; The Myths!
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On April 23, 1996, Stacey Stites was raped, strangled and her body was dumped on the side of a country road in Bastrop, Texas. Police theorized that Stacey was abducted at around 3:00 a.m. while on her way to the H.E.B. store in Bastrop, where she worked an early morning shift in the produce department. The truck she was driving was found abandoned at Bastrop High School, which was 35 miles from the apartment in Giddings that she shared with her future husband, Jimmy Fennell. In March, 1997, DNA results from Stacey’s body linked Rodney Reed to her murder. Initially, Reed denied knowing Stacey. Later, he claimed to have had a secret relationship with her. That defense proved ineffective at trial and Reed was convicted and sentenced to death in May, 1998. Reed’s direct appeal and numerous state and federal writs have been unsuccessful. Join Lisa O’Brien on Sunday, August 22, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. Central for a look at the myths circulated in the media about the case and the improbable scenario of a law enforcement cover-up to protect Jimmy Fennell. She’ll be joined by guests, including a member of Bastrop law enforcement.