Many in Bastrop Moved on From the Rodney Reed Trial. One Juror Couldn’t.
As the high-profile capital murder case is appealed in the courts, one woman who sentenced Reed to death tells all about the trial.
Aisling Ayers joined the Texas Monthly staff in 2024 as the TV, film, and podcast coordinator. She is an assistant producer on the TM podcast Shane and Sally, and she writes about small towns, culture, and public issues. Before graduating from the University of Texas at Austin in 2023, she wrote and produced a podcast series, Forsaken, about the Texas criminal justice system. She was a recording studio intern at TM before joining the staff full time. She was born and raised in the Texas Hill Country.
As the high-profile capital murder case is appealed in the courts, one woman who sentenced Reed to death tells all about the trial.
Up on the roof of the old Barbara Jordan Post Office, the five-acre Post Skylawn offers an outdoor respite that’s literally above it all.