For 22 years, Rodney Reed has been on death row in Texas for a crime he has always maintained he did not commit — and there’s been growing evidence of his innocence.
Last year, Rodney was issued an indefinite stay just five days before his scheduled execution. A judge ordered a new hearing, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, that hearing has been delayed to 2021. So Rodney remains on death row in Texas, where COVID-19 is devastating people in jails and prisons. He has had little contact with the outside world for months.
Mail is one of the only ways that Rodney has been able to communicate with family and friends during this time — their letters mean everything to him.
The Innocence Project exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice. www.innocenceproject.org
