{"id":283710,"date":"2019-11-17T09:50:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1094252"},"modified":"2019-11-17T09:50:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T16:50:00","slug":"kim-kardashian-recalls-rodney-reeds-emotional-response-to-execution-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/kim-kardashian-recalls-rodney-reeds-emotional-response-to-execution-delay\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Kardashian Recalls Rodney Reed&#8217;s &#8220;Emotional&#8221; Response to Execution Delay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/20191017\/rs_600x600-191117084400-600-rodney-kim.cm.111719.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"42.259275618375\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"27.539752650177\">\n<p>When Death Row inmate&nbsp;<strong>Rodney Reed<\/strong> learned he wouldn&#8217;t have to die this week,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/kim_kardashian\">Kim Kardashian<\/a><\/strong> was in the room with him.<\/p>\n<p>The 51-year-old&nbsp;was originally scheduled to be executed this Wednesday for the 1996 assault, rape and strangling of a 19-year-old woman, <strong>Stacey Stiles<\/strong>. Attorneys with the Innocence Project&nbsp;have said&nbsp;there is&nbsp;evidence that exonerates him. On Friday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended that the governor grant Reed a 120-day reprieve so a trial court can review his case&nbsp;again, and the state&#8217;s Court of Criminal Appeals later formally&nbsp;halted&nbsp;his execution.<\/p>\n<p>Reed&#8217;s&nbsp;case drew support from numerous lawmakers and celebs such as Kim, who is studying to become a lawyer, and she had in recent weeks&nbsp;tweeted her support for him. On Friday,&nbsp;she wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B45-_kKA3ux\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a> that she met him in person that day and was present when he got the news about his reprieve.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was emotional,&#8221; Kim said on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/kim-kardashian-west-on-rodney-reed-s-stay-of-execution-he-said-praise-jesus-73604677818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC&#8217;s&nbsp;<em>Today<\/em>&nbsp;show<\/a>, in an excerpt from an interview with co-host <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/jenna_bush_hager\">Jenna Bush Hager<\/a><\/strong>,&nbsp;released on Sunday. &#8220;It was extremely emotional and he said, &#8216;Praise Jesus.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The full interview will air on&nbsp;<em>TODAY<\/em> on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"60\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"10\">\n<p>&#8220;Words cannot describe the relief and hope that swept over the room in that moment,&#8221; Kim had said on Instagram. &#8220;That hope had been building over the last few weeks around Rodney&#8217;s case.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have seen Democrats and Republicans come together,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We have seen grassroots activists and lawmakers link arms. We have heard people all around the globe speak up. And all because of a deep belief that every man or woman accused of a crime &#8211; especially one punishable by death &#8211; deserves the chance to have all available evidence considered.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"html-external-3\" data-type=\"async\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"33.604384133612\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-html-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"11.968684759916\">\n<p>In June, President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> commuted the life sentence of 63-year-old&nbsp;<strong>Alice Johnson<\/strong>, who&nbsp;was jailed on&nbsp;1997 drug conspiracy and money laundering charges, after Kim personally lobbied for her and&nbsp;discussed her case&nbsp;with&nbsp;the U.S. leader. The two women <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/976164\/kim-kardashian-reunites-with-pardoned-inmate-alice-johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">later met in person<\/a> after Johnson was released from prison on parole.<\/p>\n<p>They&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/976164\/kim-kardashian-reunites-with-pardoned-inmate-alice-johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reunited in October<\/a>, making&nbsp;a&nbsp;joint appearance at Google&#8217;s headquarters in Mountain View, California to speak about mass incarceration reform.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"56\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"2\">\n<p><strong>Watch&nbsp;<em>Keeping Up With the Kardashians<\/em> on Sundays at 9\/8c only on E!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1094252\/kim-kardashian-recalls-rodney-reed-s-emotional-response-to-execution-delay?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! 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