Persistent questions about Rodney Reed's guilt point to need for new trial

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Hours later, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Reed an indefinite stay of execution and sent the case back to trial court to determine whether Reed deserves a new trial.
42% : "Executing Rodney Reed without certainty about his guilt erodes public trust -- not only in capital punishment, but in Texas justice itself," wrote a group of 16 state senators, eight of them Republicans, in a letter to Abbott and David Gutiérrez, the chair of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles.
41% : "I couldn't go against local law enforcement," he said.
41% : Although Fennell was never charged with Stites' death, his subsequent career in law enforcement was troubled, to put it mildly.
41% : "I believe capital punishment can be justice for the very worst murderers, but if there is credible evidence there's a real chance the defendant is innocent, that evidence should be weighed carefully," he observed in a tweet.

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