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Another strange development in #RodneyReed's case. The judge who has been presiding over Rodney's case in Bastrop County retired in August, but is somehow still assigned to Rodney's case. There are now questions about the death warrant. Thread to follow. https://www.kxan.com/investigations/rodney-reed-judge-retires-questions-own-ability-to-handle-cases/
Judge Doug Shaver was assigned to preside over a one-day hearing in #RodneyReed's case in May 2014. Judge Shaver was already retired back then, but he was on a list of retired judges who could fill in for other judges when needed.
On July 23, 2019, Judge Shaver signed a death warrant and approved an execution date for #RodneyReed. Remember — This is over five years after Judge Shaver was assigned to preside over a one-day hearing. The assignment had nothing to do with signing a death warrant years later!
In May 2017, Judge Shaver made a serious mistake in #RodneyReed's case. Judge Shaver signed two contradictory orders – one order denying DNA testing and one order granting DNA testing. He said it was an "inadvertent mistake."
17 days after Judge Shaver signed a death warrant and set an execution date for #RodneyReed, he retired again. He sent a letter to the Texas Supreme Court asking to be removed from the list of judges taking cases.
