Attorneys to make final arguments Monday on upending conviction in Rodney Reed death row case

Austin News Briefs - Austin American Statesman

Defense attorneys and prosecutors will get to make their final arguments Monday about whether the murder conviction of death row inmate Rodney Reed should be upheld. In another stage of the legal process, attorneys on both sides will appear before state District Judge J.D. Langley in Bastrop County to make their final arguments about whether Reed was responsible for the 1996 killing of Stacey Stites. Langley will then make his recommendation on an undetermined date. The case will then go to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which could take months to decide whether Reed's conviction should stand, he should go free or he deserves a new trial.