AUSTIN, Texas — As death row inmate Rodney Reed prepares for a new hearing July 19, Reed’s family will gather at the Texas Capitol to demand his freedom.

Reed has long maintained his innocence in the 1996 in the rape and murder of Stacey Stites.

Spectrum News 1 anchor Dr. Nicole Cross sat down with Rodrick Reed, Rodney Reed's brother, to discuss the case, Rodney’s relationship with Stites, and the Reed family’s fight to free Rodney.