NEW: Texas parole board votes unanimously to recommend Gov. Abbott delay the execution of death row inmate Rodney Reed by 120 days.
Reed, now 51, was found guilty by an all-white jury in the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites, a 19-year-old grocery store worker in central Texas. His lawyers have pointed to new witnesses who have come forward and forensic evidence that has been reevaluated to insist he at least deserves a new trial. That includes at least 11 people who have recently cast doubt on Reed's conviction and, in some cases, implicated Stites' fiancé, Jimmy Fennell.
The parole board's recommendation comes as Reed's legal team has multiple appeals and motions filed and pending along various legal tracks. His lawyers have asked Abbott, a Republican, to stop the execution. Abbott has not commented publicly on the issue. The Supreme Court might also take up the case, reinvigorating Reed's supporters, some of whom camped out overnight Thursday to hold vigils outside of the high court awaiting a decision.
"When the whole world watches, it's going to be hard for someone to make a mistake," Reed's brother, Rodrick Reed, said during a rally Thursday night near the Supreme Court."That gives us a lot of hope and a lot of confidence that the right thing will eventually come out of this."a Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruling that rejected further DNA testing in the case — paving the way for Reed's execution.
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