What Rodney Reed Won't Tell You. Feat. Lisa O'Brien w/Tim Sparkman

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🗓️ 30 April 2023

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Lisa O'Brien from "Based in Fact: A True Crime Podcast" returns to guest host this very special episode about Rodney Reed's innocence fraud campaign. Retired Texas law enforcement officer, Tim Sparkman, joins Lisa to discuss one of America's longest running innocence fraud campaigns.
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0:00.0	You are listening to the Robertta Glast True Crime Report, putting the true back in true crime.
0:28.9	From New York City, Roberta Glass is now on the record. Welcome to Roberta Glass True Crime Report. I'm Lisa O'Brien, sitting in for Roberta for this episode.
0:47.0	Joining me today is Tim Sparkman, a former member of the Bastrop Sheriff Sheriff's Office and current Bastrop County Constable,
0:53.4	and we're talking about
0:54.5	one of the most egregious and longest-running innocence fraud cases in the media, and that's the
0:59.4	innocence claims made on behalf of Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed. Reed was linked to the April
1:05.6	23rd, 1996, murder of Bride to Be Stacy Stites, when DNA from Stacey's body was matched to read in the spring of 1997.
1:14.8	Since 2001, attorneys for the Innocence Project have argued in the courts and to the media that the irrefutable DNA evidence is unrelated to the murder and the real killer, quote, stacey stites's fiance jimmy finnell a
1:30.5	former texas police officer good evening tim how are you tonight just fine how are you very well
1:38.2	i'm happy to be doing this for roberta let's get started on Rodney Reed. Well, there's so much to go over.
1:47.7	I know. If you want to start from the beginning, but I think we'll start from the end and go back a little bit.
1:53.3	Yeah. Well, right now, we are still waiting on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to decide whether to grant relief on Reed's 10th post-conviction
2:03.5	writ, which was filed in 2019 to stave off his execution.
2:08.9	Yes.
2:09.9	And we are also waiting for the Court of Criminal Appeals to decide whether to allow Reed
2:14.8	to pursue claims in the 11th writ, which was filed in 2021, shortly after
2:21.8	post-conviction hearings alleging new Brady violations regarding relationship evidence. And we'll
2:29.3	talk about that a little bit more later on because those claims are portrayed as being strong, but they're really
2:35.0	not. No, they're basically claiming the same old, same old. They're basically claiming that
2:40.4	the cops didn't tell them about rumors when Reed's original trial attorneys have said, well, we
2:45.9	talked to H&B employees who confirmed everything Rodney Reed told us. So how can the police withhold information that you got directly from HB employees?
2:57.3	Now, and when you say HATB employees, are you talking about Cardenas?
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