AUSTIN, Texas — Editor's note: The attached video is about Rodney Reed's legal defense requesting a new judge.
Death row inmate Rodney Reed's longtime attorney will be stepping away from the case in order to take on a leadership position in New York City, according an article by our partners at the Austin-American Statesman.
Bryce Benjet, a former Innocence Project attorney, has been offered a position leading the newly created conviction integrity unit in the Queens District Attorney's Office, according to The Statesman.
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The Statesman said the unit will be tasked with reviewing questionable convictions and have a staff dedicated to exoneration.
Back in November, Benjet's legal defense helped earn Reed a stay of execution, with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruling to have a judge review its claims of new evidence.
According to The Statesman, The Innocence Project will continue to represent Reed alongside New York-based attorneys from the Squire Patton Boggs law firm.
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Benjet first began representing Reed as an attorney with the Texas Defender Service and continued to defend Reed while he served as a staff attorney at the Third District Court of Appeals in Austin, litigating for the Hull Hendricks law firm, according to The Statesman.
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