The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from longtime Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed who has sought to test crime-scene evidence that he says will help clear him.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed, who claims untested crime-scene evidence will help clear him.

Reed says Fennell was angry because Stites, who was white, was having an affair with Reed, who is black. Reed's efforts to stop his execution have received support from such celebrities as Rihanna, Dr. Phil and Kim Kardashian West, who last month in a tweet asked Texas Gov. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals last month denied Reed's request for a stay of his execution. An online petition asking Abbott to stop Reed's execution has garnered significant support. He has granted just one reprieve to stop an execution since he came to office in January 2015.