The state of Texas is set to execute Rodney Reed on November 20. On this special episode: The Intercept’s Jordan Smith and Liliana Segura discuss why Reed is most likely innocent. Reed has been on death row since 1998, following his conviction for the April 1996 murder of a young woman named Stacey Stites. There is an overwhelming amount of evidence that Reed is innocent and that Stites’s fiancé should be the focus of the murder case instead. Her fiancé was a police officer at the time of her killing. He has a shocking track record of assault and rape — one incident for which he was imprisoned until last year. As Reed’s life hangs in the balance, an unlikely coalition of high-profile people are trying to halt the execution, including Texas Republican politicians and elected officials. Perhaps most prominent among them is Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.
Jordan Smith and Liliana Segura are the hosts of the Murderville podcast.
Jeremy Scahill: This is Intercepted.
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