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#RodneyReed’s attorneys have made a comprehensive showing that he is actually innocent. Powerful evidence implicates Jimmy Fennell, a convicted felon and former police officer, as the real killer. Texas is trying to execute Rodney on November 20th even though he is innocent.
Stacey Stites was found dead on the side of a dirt road near Bastrop, TX, on April 23, 1996. Jimmy Fennell was Stacey's boyfriend. Forensic evidence shows that Stacey was killed at some point before midnight, at a time when Fennell said he was alone with her in their apartment.
Jimmy Fennell was a police officer until he was convicted of kidnapping and "improper sexual activity with a person in custody." Police initially viewed Fennell as their suspect in the murder of Stacey Stites. He failed two polygraph tests. Investigators cleared Fennell anyway. 
Police never searched the apartment Fennell and Stacey shared. Fennell claimed Stacey was driving his truck when she was killed. Police returned the truck to Fennell one day after the murder and he immediately sold it, likely destroying any leftover evidence in the process.
The case against Rodney Reed never made sense and it's in tatters now. The prosecution's timeline is "medically and scientifically impossible." Powerful evidence implicates Jimmy Fennell as the real killer. Rodney Reed is innocent – stop this execution now.
