Defense Lawyers for Man on Death Row Issue Censure of Prosecutors and Judge Following Recent Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Ruling
By Claire Hsu AUSTIN, TX – The attorney for Rodney Reed and the Innocence Project last week…
U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Texas Death Row Prisoner
By Leslie Acevedo WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Texas death…
Supreme Court Rules for Rodney Reed, Seeking to Prove His Innocence
Special to the Vanguard Washington, DC – The US Supreme Court ruled in favor of Rodney Reed…
Attorneys in Death Row Prisoner Appeal Demand Audiotapes from Controversial Evidentiary Hearing
By Alexis Rios-Jimenez AUSTIN, TX- The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has received a request from death…
Death Row Defense Team Charges Prosecutors Illegally Hid Evidence from 1998 Jury, 23 Years Ago
By The Vanguard Staff AUSTIN, TX – An appeal filed here Friday in the Texas Court…
Judge Won’t Recommend Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Grant Death-Row Inmate Rodney Reed Re-trial
By Catherine Hamilton and Natalia Ruvalcaba BASTROP COUNTY, TX —Judge J.D. Langley of the 21st Judicial District…
Convicted Texas Murderer Rodney Reed May Know by Halloween about New Trial or Even Exoneration
By Leslie Ortiz and Jake Wylie BASTROP COUNTY, TX – District Court Judge J.D. Langley this week…
Texas Man Demonstrates Compelling Evidence of Innocence after 23 Years on Death Row
By Joshua Cenzano BASTROP COUNTY, TX – Twenty-three years after his conviction, and death row pronunciation, Rodney…
Day 2 of the Rodney Reed Murder Appeal Features Testimony from Former Officer, Aryan Brotherhood
By Ascari Bryant and Paulina Buelna BASTROP, TX – Rodney Reed’s evidence hearing in his murder appeal…
On Death Row: Rodney Reed Maintains Innocence, Hoping Third Appeal will Exonerate Him
By Maia Surendra and Elizabeth Garabedian BASTROP, TX – The third murder appeal hearing for Rodney Reed…
Sunday Commentary: Washington Post Editorial Board Calls Death Penalty “Unworthy of America”
The death penalty has been in decline in America for a number of years – more and…
Why Are Prosecutors Still Seeking to Execute People Who Have Innocence Claims and Untested DNA?
In these last two months of 2019, one man has been executed and two others are facing…
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Has Granted Rodney Reed an Indefinite Stay of Execution
(From Press Release – Innocence Project) On Friday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously voted…
