Supreme Court supports Rodney Reed's DNA testing bid for innocence.

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The Supreme Court has allowed Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed to seek post-conviction DNA evidence to prove his innocence in the 1998 killing of Stacey Stites. Reed claims an all-White jury wrongly convicted him, and celebrities such as Kim Kardashian and Rihanna have expressed support. The ruling puts a new focus on DNA crime-scene evidence and when an inmate can make a claim to access the technology in a plea of innocence. Kavanaugh delivered the opinion of the court, and Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch dissented.
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